[Mimedefang] Re: filter_relay not working

Joseph Brennan brennan at columbia.edu
Fri May 9 14:14:00 EDT 2003


--On Friday, May 9, 2003 14:06 -0400 "David F. Skoll" 
<dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 May 2003, Joseph Brennan wrote:
>
>> In an hour I am seeing legit places that send with HELO followed
>> by an IP number such as
>
>> lists.sfcg.org 			#nonprofit group
>> lyris.smallcapnetwork.net       #financial newsletter
>> mail.saul.com			#law firm
>
> Are they sending out actual IP numbers like 1.2.3.4, or domain
> literals like [1.2.3.4]?
>
> Because my filter accepts [1.2.3.4], but rejects 1.2.3.4.


I logged the value of $Helo and it was just a bare 1.2.3.4.
Would $Helo include the brackets?

Joseph Brennan          Columbia University in the City of New York
postmaster at columbia.edu                 Academic Technologies Group




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