> If GTA ever wants to provide a very useful feature to their user base,
> they could provide (as a courtesy) their own version of a "black list".
>
> This would allow us, the users to say (in part) who is blocked.
FWIW, it's real easy to create your own MAPS-style black list, especially if
you're already running an authoritative DNS server somewhere. For example, if
you want to create a list called maps.yourdomain.com, and you want to block the
IP address 1.2.3.4, then just edit your DNS server's configuration file so that
it returns 127.0.0.2 when queried with 4.3.2.1.maps.yourdomain.com. (Note the
reversed digits!) Then, just put maps.yourdomain.com in one of the four slots
in the MAPS section of the Email Proxy configuration screen.
In addition, if you put a TXT record in for that DNS entry, that is the error
message that the blocked person will receive when their message is denied. Your
config file might contain something like (for bind, that is) this block of text
for the zone that describes yourdomain.com:
28.224.208.12.maps IN A 127.0.0.2
IN TXT "Send your spam elsewhere, byatch!"
223.98.218.12.maps IN A 127.0.0.2
IN TXT "Send your spam elsewhere, byatch!"
126.80.195.24.maps IN A 127.0.0.2
IN TXT "Send your spam elsewhere, byatch!"
143.142.206.24.maps IN A 127.0.0.2
IN TXT "Send your spam elsewhere, byatch!"
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Alex Howansky
Wankwood Associates
http://www.wankwood.com/
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