On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 20:44 +0200, Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote: > >> And exactly why dont you block those on your MTA? Bit waste on CPU cycles > >> like this... first process then, and then trash it anyway. > > > Well, mostly because I don't have any idea how to do so at the MTA level > > and also I would think it would be harder to add other offending IPs in > > the future. > > Not at all ... > > You can even drop the IP with a route command. > > Do: route add -host <ip> reject
Not if the IP address you want to block is several MTA relay hops removed from you. -- John Hardin KA7OHZ http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] FALaholic #11174 pgpk -a [EMAIL PROTECTED] key: 0xB8732E79 -- 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. -- Lyndon B. Johnson ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 days until the 232nd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
