On Tue, 23 May 2000, Daniel S. Otis-Vigil wrote:
>
> I'm trying to create my own small spam filter but it seems to block
> everything rather than items on the list. It even stops me from sending
> email.
>
> sender_reject = partial-dbm;/usr/local/etc/exim/reject.db
>
> reject.db
> ---------
> *rd.sinetec.com.tw
> *@10pins.com
> *@mail.com
> *@pluslotto.com
> *@smiley.mechanik.uni-bremen.de
>
> Any idea why it isn't blocking specifically these addresses?
Try a test with -bh (and maybe -d9) to see what it is actually doing,
but also I suggest you (re-)read the manual sections on partial lookups
and on address lists. That kind of lookup won't work on that data for an
address list.
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Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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