[Mimedefang] bounce check with sendmail and md_check_against

Wayne wayne at hamilton.net
Fri Dec 1 17:29:52 EST 2006


I doubt that also. I just can't figure out where they are coming from. I 
have added logging on both sides to try and track this down. I have received 
76 messages today and rejected 57,991 with md_check_against.

Wayne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
To: <mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] bounce check with sendmail and md_check_against


> Wayne wrote:
>
>> That's how I have it set. Like I say I get 99% of them blocked it's just
>> what I assume is a carefully crafted spam that is getting bounced. They
>> all seem to be the 2 or 3 same type of spam messages of the day. You
>> don't see this at all on your server ?
>
> I don't see how that's possible.  The rejection should happen at RCPT
> time, before the message body has even been sent.  So how can a
> "carefully crafted" message make any difference?  (Unless the
> recipient address is carefully crafted to trigger a bug in CGP, but
> I doubt that.)
>
> Regards,
>
> David.
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