[Mimedefang] filter_relay not working

[David F. Skoll]

On Thu, 8 May 2003, Myles Uyema wrote:

> I'm trying to implement sub filter_relay and reject hosts that greet using
> an IP address: http://www.mimedefang.com/node.php?id=23

> if ($helo =~ /^(d{1,3})(.)(d{1,3})(.)(d{1,3})(.)(d{1,3})$/)

You want "\d", not "d" in the regular expression:

> if ($helo =~ /^(\d{1,3})(.)(\d{1,3})(.)(\d{1,3})(.)(\d{1,3})$/)

The Web publishing software we used on mimedefang.org makes it
annoyingly-difficult to enter a backslash on the Web page.  I finally
coerced it into accepting the backslash, and have updated the page.

Regards,

David.