Regarding spam

[jason dictos]

Hey Gary,

Before you or anyone else on this lists continues to waste time with a n00b 
like me, I'm going to first educate myself by reading 
/usr/share/sendmail/cf/README (paying special attention to ANTI-SPAM 
CONFIGURATION) :P

Thanks!
-Jason


On Tuesday 21 October 2003 19:10, Gary wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 06:44:13 -0700 GMT (10/21/2003, 8:44 AM +0500 GMT my
> time), jason dictos wrote:
>
> j>    I run my own mailsever, and I just wanna know its possible for
> someone to j> send an email to my mail box, but yet have no one specified
> in the TO or CC j> fields. I guess those fields are probably optional, but
> how can I adjust my j> mailserver to reject messages sent to someones
> mailbox without their name j> being in the TO or CC fields?
>
> If it isn't too much trouble, would you mind specifying just the basics,
> like what MTA you are using?  A null sender is authorized by the RFCs and
> this is for bounces. We need a lot more info. Do you run / use DNS, do you
> have a backup MX, etc..
>
> j> P.S. My mailserver is a CLOSED relay.
>
> As it should be, and how do you know?
>
> --
> Gary
>
> A snooze button is a poor substitute for no alarm clock at all.
>
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