Hi, Thanks everyone for their help so far. I got things to work and qpsmtpd has radically cut down on spam. As an amateur email admin, I've got two issues.
1a. I'm being hammered with a client_name=localhost reverse_client_name=localhost client_address=127.0.0.1. Does qpsmtpd have a way to slow the connection speed as repeated failed connection attempts build-up? Here's an ssh/iptables example that I'm trying to replicate within qpsmtpd. http://hostingfu.com/article/ssh-dictionary-attack-prevention-with-iptables. I can see how the iptables example may not be ideal, but I'm not experienced enough to know if there's a qpsmtpd alternative. 1b. I'm using badmailfrom with entries @localhost and 127.0.0.1 to stop this. Am I using badmailfrom correctly? Qpsmtpd listens on the public interface, so it seems like I'm using badmailfrom right. Any other suggestions for throttling this trash are welcome. Finally, I'll post a decent newbie config on the wiki once I get a little more confidence in my setup. 2. Is there an api option to silently drop unwanted mail? I'm probably violating the standards and offending email hosting professionals, but I thought I'd ask anyway. 3. It does not appear there's a project that reports qpsmtpd activity like pflogsumm. If there isn't I'll hack one up as a gpl project. Are there any particular report items that are of interest to experienced qpsmtpd users before I go off blindly doing my own thing? Thanks again for working a great project. Michael
