I've noticed occasionally that sites are managing to get mail through my
machines even though the network is listed in my reject list. Here is an
example. Has anyone else seen this. I thought I had it set up correctly.
First in configuration, I have these lines.
sender_host_reject = *@partial-lsearch;/opt/exim/etc/reject.hosts
sender_host_reject_relay = *@partial-lsearch;/opt/exim/etc/reject.hosts
sender_reject_recipients = partial-lsearch;/opt/exim/etc/reject.hosts
ispam.net is in the reject.hosts file. Yet here is an example I think
should have been caught by this but wasn't.
1997-05-26 18:57:41 0wWBW8-0006If-00 <= jim@???
H=relay5.ispam.net [207.124.161.54] U=root P=smtp S=2633
1997-05-26 18:57:42 0wWBW8-0006If-00 => jhenders <jhenders@???>
D= T=vmail 1997-05-26 18:57:42 0wWBW8-0006If-00 Completed
So my question is, why did this get accepted?
>From the header it seems that Spamford claims to have some sort of
cloaking in his new spam program but the logs (and header) clearly show
that exim know what host it was talking to when it accepted the mail.
I've also seen cases in the reject log where exim had parsed the header
and rejected the mail for the
Here is the header.
Return-Path: <jim@???@vanbc.wimsey.com>
Received: from spade.wimsey.com
by vanbc.wimsey.com with smtp
(Smail-3.1.29.1 #32) id m0wWBWf-0001zuC; Mon, 26 May 97 18:58 PDT
Received: from mail.vcr.istar.ca [204.191.152.4] with smtp
by spade.wimsey.com with smtp
(Smail-3.1.92 1996-Mar-19 #14 #14) id m0wWBWf-000BayC; Mon, 26 May 97 18:58:13 -07
00 (PDT)
Received: from vip by mail.vcr.istar.ca with local (Exim 1.62 #10)
id 0wWBW9-0006Iz-00; Mon, 26 May 1997 18:57:41 -0700
Received: from relay5.ispam.net [207.124.161.54] (root)
by mail.vcr.istar.ca with smtp (Exim 1.62 #10)
id 0wWBW8-0006If-00; Mon, 26 May 1997 18:57:40 -0700
Received: from --- CLOAKED! ---
Received: from --- CLOAKED! ---
X-1: This email was sent by "Cyber-Bomber" ... Details at http://www.cyberpromo.com
X-2: This server only relays mail from other sources.
X-3: To report abuse, please send email to abuse@???.
X-4: Coming soon --> Master remove list implementation by I.E.M.M.C.
Date: Tue, 27 May 97 01:50:48 EST
From: jim@??? (Freedom of Speech)
To: UniSpam@Join!.com
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