> -----Original Message-----
> From: mimedefang-boun...@lists.roaringpenguin.com [mailto:mimedefang-
> boun...@lists.roaringpenguin.com] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:44 AM
> To: mimedefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com
> Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] Blocking Dictionary Attacks
> 
> Matt Garretson wrote:
> > afo cliff wrote:
> >> @mydomain.com bitbucket
> >
> >
> > You can also do something like this in your virtusertable:
> >
> > @mydomain.com  error:5.1.1:550 User unknown
> >
> > Then, you won't need the bitbucket alias.
> > See http://www.sendmail.org/m4/features.html
> 
> Yes, that approach will be much faster - sendmail will reject
> everything
> early unless it has a valid recipient and it won't have to go through
> the mimedefang spam/virus scan.
> 

I seem to recall that enabling FEATURE(delay_checks) was recommended as part
of the MIMEDefang setup.  It does provide much more useful logs, but I
believe it also means that milters are run before virtuser rejects.


Jason A. Bertoch
Network Administrator
ja...@electronet.net
Electronet Broadband Communications
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