[CentOS] Re: Sendmail restriction

Thu Aug 31 18:37:33 UTC 2006
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 13:57 -0400, Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> >>
> >> I did some research yesterday, but could only find a way to restrict by 
> >> IP for all domains managed by sendmail.
> >>
> > It is overkill for this one job, but if you add MimeDefang
> > (http://www.mimedefang.org) as a milter, you can easily add
> > tests like that in perl in your filter code.  Well maybe it's
> > not overkill compared to learning how to write sendmail
> > rulesets in its own macro language - and if you want to add
> > virus or spam scans it is a big win.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the idea, but not really practical in our situation...  The 
> solution would have to be implemented using actual software, so I must 
> be able to do it in Sendmail.

I think something got lost in the translation there.  Isn't
MimeDefang actual software?  If it has to be done inside of sendmail
you'll need a custom ruleset.  The O'Reilly 'bat' book would be
a good place to start.

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  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com