virtusertable blocking seems to have no effect

[Derek Ragona]

Block that in /etc/mail/access instead, use this syntax:
@example.com            ERROR:550 " No spam, thanks"

Note the leading space and use of double quotes.

         -Derek


At 01:22 PM 3/28/2006, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I host a domain with a handful of "real" addresses. I noticed, that 
>spammers are using a variety of random-generated names @mydomain and wish 
>to block such addresses with "No spam" responses instead of "User unknown".
>
>Here is (almost) what I have in the virtusertable:
>
>         stol at example.com  foo
>         hq at example.com    bar
>         @example.com      error:5.7.0:550 No spam, thanks
>
>I can see the "No spam,thanks" messages logged in the maillog (without the 
>space after coma, for some reason), but there is no reject=550 message 
>logged (which interferes with my other software) and some of these 
>messages seem to pass through (although others are intercepted by other 
>anti-spam defenses).
>
>For example, here are the only two log entries, that a spam message generates:
>
>Mar 28 13:45:58 corbulon sendmail[40026]: k2SIjvvb040026: 
><xgfytxswpcpc at blackalpinist.com>... No spam,thanks
>Mar 28 13:45:58 corbulon sendmail[40026]: k2SIjvvb040026: 
>from=<example at example.net>, size=3305, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, 
>daemon=MTA, relay=example.example.net [xx.x.xx.xxx]
>
>Despite the "No spam,thanks" the message was accepted.
>
>What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
>
>         -mi
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