Re: spamd openbsd 4.0 query

2007-01-30 Thread RW
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:19:09 +, John wrote: >The only other thing I'm trying to find out now is whether whitelist.txt >can use domains rather than dotted quads No. It doesn't do DNS as it is a fast lightweight single purpose MTA-like daemon. Besides which: Are you expecting to trust the domai

Re: spamd openbsd 4.0 query

2007-01-30 Thread John
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 12:39:42PM -0500, Josh Grosse wrote: > > # is automatically maintained by spamd(8) and related apps. > # is automatically maintained by spamd(8) and related apps. > # is a manually maintained whitelist > > table persist > table persist > table persist file "/etc/whi

Re: spamd openbsd 4.0 query

2007-01-28 Thread John
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 09:54:07AM -0500, Josh Grosse wrote: > All that spamd does is tarpit any blacklisted IPs -- and, *if* you're > using greylisting, eliminate the obviously fake MTAs. That's all. > > It does eliminate a great deal of spam, but... > >1) it does not examine headers (beyon

Re: spamd openbsd 4.0 query

2007-01-28 Thread Josh Grosse
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 09:17:15AM +, John . wrote: > ...or maybe I've answered my own question :) Sometimes it helps to type > it out. So, presumably spamd as actuated by PF takes care of the 100% > certain spam, what is then accepted per user depends on invoking > spamc/d via a procmail rules

Re: spamd openbsd 4.0 query

2007-01-28 Thread John .
On 27/01/07, Josh Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: FYI: You will find that while spamd does a great job eliminating spambot traffic, you will still get plenty of spam. I use three DNSBLs, ClamAV, and SpamAssassin as well as spamd. -J- Thank you everyone who replied. In the previous FreeB

Re: spamd openbsd 4.0 query

2007-01-27 Thread Josh Grosse
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 05:17:04PM +, John . wrote: > ...It gets lots of mail, and it has about 30 users on it. It has one NIC. > I want to use PF to control spam. > > Question is, the pf.conf seems to want 2 interfaces in order to do > this.. Is it permissable to set int_if and ext_if to be t

Re: spamd openbsd 4.0 query

2007-01-27 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 05:17:04PM +, John . wrote: > Hello list, > > I have an older openbsd 3.5 system that is running well just as a > firewall NAT router, with 3 interfaces on it. > > Behind (and protected by) this is another machine. This particular > machine was in use as a shell box, r