Re: [EXIM] Regular expressions for filtering.

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Author: Andrew V. Kovalev
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To: djc
CC: david, jhenders, ph10, exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Regular expressions for filtering.
Dave C. wrote:
>
> > > > ^.*-ts-.*\.dialsprint\.net$
> > >
> > > Cool. Thanks. Time to start tracking down all the terminal server names
> > > in spam and constructing matches for them.
> >
> > Are you comfortable throwing out the baby with the bathwater here?
> >
> > IE, in order to eliminate the possibility of spam from dialsprint.net
> > you're going to ban all legitmate mail from legitimate dialsprint.net
> > users.
>
> Wrong.
>
> Legitimate dialsprint.net users will be using their assigned
> SMTP/outgoing mail relay, and will NOT be making SMTP connections
> directly to mailservers for destination domains.
>
> Only spammers will be making SMTP connections directly from dynamic
> terminal server addresses.
>


Wrong again.

Customers (even dialsprint.net users:) do have a right to have a
linux/freebsd/whatever system running sendmail, doing mx lookups AND
delivering mail directly from terminal server addresses.

                avk



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