It seems that exim users can use this solution: http://tmda.net/faq.cgi?req=all#7.5
Now if only the rest of the MTA's out there has such an elegant solution. Andrew Armstrong said: > I am having the same problem and it seems like recently the number of email > messages in this for mhas gone from 1-2 a week to 5-10 a day. There has to be > some elegant solution to this problem that we are missing. I am using sendmail > as my SMTP instead of qmail but the problem stems from spammers using the > exact same trick. > > > David said: >> --- Cory Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 07:17:51PM -0500, Tim Legant wrote: >>> > David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> > > but just the same, I'd prefer to bounce the message at some point >>> to >>> > > prevent my system from even accepting it. I know that that is >>> > > something that should most likely be done from qmail before TMDA >>> > > ever sees it. >>> > >>> > You can put your own email address (or your entire domain) into >>> > /var/qmail/control/badmailfrom (man qmail-smtpd). qmail-smtpd will >>> > then reject that message during the SMTP transaction. >>> >>> If David is using the same qmail-smtpd service for both his public >>> addresses >>> and localhost, then listing his own address in badmailfrom would >>> block any >>> mail injected with his bare envelope address when using >>> OUTGOINGMAIL="smtp". >>> >>> This might not be a problem if David always uses dated addresses, has >>> separate >>> qmail-smtpd services configured, or is using OUTGOINGMAIL="sendmail". >>> >> >> Good point. But here is something else that just bit me a few minutes >> ago. When I am sending mail using Pine on my server, the mail gets sent >> just fine, even though I have not specified any OUTGOINGMAIL variable >> in my configuration, so I'm assuming that it's still using the default >> smtp. >> >> However, when I send mail from another machine, for example using >> Outlook, the mail is bounced back to the client because my address is >> in the badmailfrom file, and since Outlook is making the SMTP >> connection to the mail server, it's being rejected as if someone else >> from outside the network was forging my e-mail address in the header. >> >> So now, I'm sort of back at the drawing board again. >> >> I want mail from outside, that is forged to appear as if it was sent >> from my address to be rejected by the system. But I also need for mail >> being sent from my network, even from my address, to be accepted. >> >> Suggestions? Or am I getting too far away from TMDA to ask for the help >> here? >> >> __________________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! >> http://sbc.yahoo.com >> _____________________________________________ >> tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users >> > > > -- > Andrew Armstrong Director of Application Development > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Higher Technology Services > Office Phone: 423-267-8867 Cell Phone: 423-314-4231 > _____________________________________________ > tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users > -- Andrew Armstrong Director of Application Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] Higher Technology Services Office Phone: 423-267-8867 Cell Phone: 423-314-4231 _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
