on 8-2-2008 12:04 PM Jay Leafey spake the following: > nightduke wrote: >> Hi i want to fetchmail from a pop server and check every email to any >> rbl spamhaus,spamcop,etc and if match at any rbl the email will be >> deleted. >> >> It's possible to do this? >> >> Thanks >> >> Nightduke > > If you've got fetchmail configured to retrieve messages from a remote > MTA and deliver to a local MTA, say your local Sendmail instance, then > put the RBL-matching stuff in your Sendmail configuration. The mail > will still be fetched but will be discarded by your local MTA before > dumping it in you local mailbox. > > In principle, it would be better to have the system you are fetching the > mail from do the RBL operations, but if you don't have control over it > then you really don't get much choice. I'm using this setup myself and > it works, but it offends my aesthetic sense. OTOH, I'm easily offended! > > Your mileage may vary. > Just remember in this situation, you need to dump all bad stuff, and not bounce anything. Most of the bad stuff is forged and you will just end up on a blacklist. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080804/7a6b43a3/attachment-0005.sig>