[CentOS] mail/access revisited

Mon Mar 13 00:52:47 UTC 2006
Sudev Barar <sbarar at gmail.com>

On 13/03/06, Sam Drinkard <sam at wa4phy.net> wrote:
> >>  A while back, I posted a note asking if anyone had any ideas why the
> >> /etc/mail/access file was not being parsed or utilized in the efforts to
> >> stop spam and junk mail.  I just looked over things again, and have still
> >> not found any reason why it still permits the TLD's I have listed to pass
> >> thru.  I also thought perhaps there might be some "upper limit" to the
> >> number of entries sendmail could handle.  What do the sendmail guru's think
> >> about that idea?  I may reduce the number of entries from the current 275
> >> +/- down to just the most offensive TLD's and see what happens.  Short of
> >> that, are there any other thoughts ya'll might have as to why it still
> >> passes the stuff I want blocked?

After adding to access list you have restarted send mail service right?
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Sudev Barar
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