Re: [Exim] Spammers ...*.mail.yahoo.com

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A: Rossz Vamos-Wentworth
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Assumpte: Re: [Exim] Spammers ...*.mail.yahoo.com
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am using Exim4 and I really suspect that my server is getting spammed

from
> > something like smtp.mail.yahoo.com and which keeps chaging like
> > anything.mail.yahoo.com.
>
> It's probably not actually from yahoo. Look in your logs for the actual

ip address
> that the spam is coming from. If it's from the same ip address (or ip

block), refuse
> mail from them.
>
> I've reduced my spam to near zero by blocking all of China, Korea,

Nigeria, and all
> of rackspace, plus anyone on the spamhaus.org list. See blackholes.us and
> spamhaus.org for info. On top of that, I use spam assassin to reject

anything with a
> score over 10 (via exiscan so it's at the mta). Of course, not everyone

has the
> luxury of blocking entire countries.
>
> Rossz

The Ip address Keeps on changing and even the block was not same. But I
think I got it fixed by commenting this line
#hostlist auth_relay_hosts = * and now i dont have those addresses in my
log.

What does this line means hostlist auth_relay_hosts = * ?

Regards,
Tina.