Re: [exim] New spammer check: too many PTRs

2009-06-28 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:23:38 -0400 Aaron Wolfe wrote: > . > > Last I checked into this issue, the RFCs do not explicitly allow or > disallow multiple PTRs. This translated to inconsistent behavior in > the real world as some resolvers can understand them and some can't. > Unless things have

[exim] Ratelimit Examples

2009-06-04 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
I may just be missing this somewhere, but has anyone put together a collection of ratelimit examples that are actually used in production? -- --EAL-- -- -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki w

Re: [exim] 419 spammer - Help with AUTH ACL

2009-06-01 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:01:41 +0800 W B Hacker wrote: . > > It should not be as easy for an attack to suceed as you claim - your > authentication may have holes in it. > Bill, Just as a note, one of the "new" things that spammers have figured out is to use the account settings as defined in

Re: [exim] Sender callout verification on BATV signed addresses

2009-05-15 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
On Fri, 15 May 2009 16:15:44 +0100 "Hill Ruyter" Wrote: >>snip snip<< > I run my own email server at home on an Ubuntu box > I have done many things to adhere to commonly accepted standards I have > a static IP > My ISP has set my PTR for me This is all that is necessary to be a legit mail serv

Re: [exim] policy for MUA's

2006-01-09 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
exim list subscriber wrote: > > On the off chance that some folks may find this useful... > > The site here is making a move to have MUA clients use the MSA port, > rather than using the regular SMTP port. To get a handle on laggards, we > wanted to get some kind of ACL to detect a MUA when it co

Re: [exim] Irritating blank messages

2006-01-09 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
Jethro R Binks wrote: > ..[snip]... > > Slightly at a tangent to the main thrust of Tony's message, but related > to these same blank messages. I was contemplating the wisdom of > refusing a message that contains none of To:, Cc:, Subject:, Date:, > From: headers. > > Recognising that Date: and F

Re: FW: Re: [exim] Easy Disclaimers with Exim?

2005-07-12 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
".|MoNK|Cucumber ." wrote: > > The lot of you that choose to argue and insult those that wish to use > appended disclaimers/footers are merely wasting peoples time. > The fact of the matter is that companies do use disclaimers/footers, and > it was a simple question regarding if it was possible wi

Re: [exim] SMTP protocol violation?

2005-07-08 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
Claus Assmann wrote: > ..[snip]... > > I'm not questioning that. It's maybe just a bit "nit picking": the error > message is misleading as it is not a _violation_ of RFC 2821. How is it "nit picking" or misleading? The nature of the SMTP client is to connect to the server, and then see if that c

Re: [exim] check_srv anyone?

2005-06-10 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
John Horne wrote: > ..[snip]... > > My concern is that a sending site may well want to secure their MS > servers as much as possible (understatement??), and that includes no > external access to its DNS zone if the records are only used by their > own users/servers. As such I suspect this (SRV loo

Re: [exim] check_srv anyone?

2005-06-10 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
John Horne wrote: > ..[snip]... > > In trying it out on one of our mailhubs I have already hit a problem > with 2 sites. I'm not sure but it seems that MS Windows servers uses > the, for example, '_tcp.plym.ac.uk' domain in dealing with ADS/accounts > (maybe?). Access to the domain may well be res

Re: [exim] Reducing load vs seeing all the spam

2005-06-03 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: > ..[snip]... > > does anyone know how other servers react to being rejected and having > the connection dropped in the pre-DATA phase? Can't comment on specific servers but long ago I moved from drop to deny and removed and delay's that i used to use, I found that doi

Re: [exim] Bogus HELOs

2005-05-26 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
Fred Viles wrote: > > On 25 May 2005 at 14:49, Edgar Lovecraft wrote about > "Re: [exim] Bogus HELOs": > > | Fred Viles wrote: > |... > | > ISTM the point, which is not aimed at you in particular, is: Please > | > don't feed the troll. No matter

Re: [exim] Bogus HELOs

2005-05-25 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
Fred Viles wrote: > > On 25 May 2005 at 1:22, Edgar Lovecraft wrote about > "Re: [exim] Bogus HELOs": > > |... > | I did not make any comments on the HELO/EHLO hostname thing this time, > | a rarity for me I know, so send that post to those who did. > >

Re: [exim] Bogus HELOs

2005-05-25 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
John W. Baxter wrote: > > On 5/24/05 5:19 PM, "Edgar Lovecraft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gary Allen Vollink wrote: > >> > > ..[snip]... > >> > >> Valid excuse, as in - "I plugged it in and the default settings > already &

Re: [exim] Bogus HELOs

2005-05-24 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
Gary Allen Vollink wrote: > ..[snip]... > > Valid excuse, as in - "I plugged it in and the default settings already > work?" (The mantra of the Windows admin). NOT the mantra of the Windows admin. IS the mantra of the "I don't care" or the "underqualified" or the "uneducated" admin. > ..

Re: [exim] MUA stats

2005-05-22 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
Marc Sherman wrote: > ..[snip]... > > > This is not going to be 'scientifically' accurate by any means, a > > better solution would be to take into account individual posters.., I have now redone the counts in a much more 'scientific' format > > but this should give a good feel of the MUA's used,

Re: [exim] MUA stats (was: Header error message)

2005-05-20 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
"Fred Viles" wrote: > ..[snip]... > > | BTW, the raw archives appear to be available at > | http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-*.txt.gz > > Indeed, that would have been a better source of raw data. Maybe > someone else would like to take a crack with it? ;) Sure... A few not

Re: [exim] authenticate * not work

2005-05-20 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
G W wrote: > > Thx to you all. > > i finally make it work .. but i dunno what i've done (if i recall, i > post to this thread later) > i think it's because of my "non-systematic" testing > > Plus, the MUA no longer have to select the "smpt passwd" box and enter > password twice. Then the client

Re: [exim] authenticate * not work

2005-05-19 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
G W wrote: > > > emulation...? > > No. just curious why 2 MUAs behave the same regarding to authentication. > there're several authenticators and i guess that different MUA will use > different one if appropriate to use. Perhaps it would be better if you could tell us exactly how the sendmail a

Re: [exim] authenticate * not work

2005-05-18 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
Matt Fretwell wrote: > ..[snip]... > > Edgar Lovecraft wrote: > > > > BZT! Not a Cisco firewall with SMTP fixup running? That will get > > > in the way. It's very broken. Turn it off. > > > > Only as a side note, not to bring bout discussion

Re: [exim] authenticate * not work

2005-05-18 Thread Edgar Lovecraft
Peter Bowyer wrote: > ..[snip]... > > > > FYI, the EXIM server is behind cisco firewall but leave all relevant > > ports open (25, 110, 143, ...). > > BZT! Not a Cisco firewall with SMTP fixup running? That will get in > the way. It's very broken. Turn it off. Only as a side note, not to bri