True. The spam may just que on a server somewhere for a few days then
die.
But you still need to process the mail up to a point to the badmailfrom
check and deny the mail.
Personal preference I would guess.
Paul Farber
Farber Technology
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On 30 Sep 1999, Michael Graff wrote:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > By the time the packet hits badmail from you've already done a lot of work
> > to just reject the connection.
> >
> > Filter it as soon as possible. BEFORE it get to you SMTP port.... so you
> > don't have to spawn an ident child, then a qmail-smtpd then reject the
> > packet. I'm not sure of exactly how far up the chain you would go to
> > finally get to the badmailfrom file..... but it has to be slower than
> > ipfwadm.
>
> However, rejecting the mail explicitly rather than appearing to be
> dead is often better.
>
> If you reject the mail, perhaps a postmaster somewhere else on some
> open relay mail server will get a full mailbox instead. That's the
> quickest way to get an open relay shut down.
>
> --Michael
>
