getting ordb.org to stop spam with sendmail

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Jun 17), David Banning said:
> I am interested in getting my server to bounce mail from open relays.
> 
> I have been to the ordb.org site. I have added the suggested line
> to my mc files;
> 
> FEATURE(`dnsbl', `relays.ordb.org', ` "550 Email rejected due to sending server misconfiguration - see http://www.ordb.org/faq/\#why_rejected"')dnl
> 
> I have tried to test that it is working by adding;
> 
> 127.0.0.2              29.66.188.209.relays.ordb.org
>  
> to my /etc/hosts file, as my ip address is 209.188.66.299

/etc/hosts is not examined for DNS lookups.  You'll have to set up a
fake relays.ordb.org zone in named if you want to test it on your own
IP.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com