[Mimedefang] (was Re: Blocking Dictionary Attacks)

[Matt Garretson]

- wrote:
> --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Matt Garretson wrote:
>> $SendmailMacros{'nbadrcpts'} in every filter function, but it 
>> never has a value.
> 
> Did you tell Sendmail to provide the value?  The default setting is:

Yup, in sendmail.mc :

define(`confMILTER_MACROS_ENVRCPT', confMILTER_MACROS_ENVRCPT``, {nbadrcpts}'')dnl
define(`confMILTER_MACROS_EOM', confMILTER_MACROS_EOM``, {nbadrcpts}'')dnl

But it never is accessible to MD.


>> I recall from a couple of years ago that this was a known MD 
>> limitation, but was wondering if it had been overcome since then.
> 
> Not with Sendmail 8.14.3 (the current version).

Okay, thanks, that would explain it.