Works well for domains, however I tried just tried to block a single e-mail address using your
format as described below:
domain.com : spammer
But it rejects all mail for domain.com, not just spammer@???.. any ideas? Does this
need the mysql bit?
Quoting Darren Casey <exim@???>:
> > Coming from mainly a sendmail background.. I'm having a little trouble
> with the below scenario.
> >
> > Running Exim 4.20.. All I want to simply do is have a file such as
> /etc/spam with a list of e-mails
> > (joe@???) or domains (spammer.com) that will be rejected with a
> 550.. "Domain not permitted"
> > etc..
>
> I use :-
>
> deny recipients = @@lsearch;/etc/reject-by-domain
> message = $local_part@$domain is an invalid e-mail address
>
> And
> MYSQL_BLOCK_SENDER = select user from block where condition=
> '${quote_mysql:$domain}' and user = '${quote_mysql:$local_part}' limit 1
>
> deny message = Sender blocked
> condition = ${lookup mysql {MYSQL_BLOCK_SENDER}{true}{false}}
>
> We have catchall accounts and sometimes want to block some so the first is
> useful
>
> The file is in text format so lsearch is used, the @@usage is as follows
> If a pattern starts with ``@@'' followed by a single-key lookup item (for
> example, @@lsearch;/some/file), the address that is being checked is split
> into a local part and a domain. The domain is looked up in the file. If it
> is not found, there is no match. If it is found, the data that is looked up
> from the file is treated as a colon-separated list of local part patterns,
> each of which is matched against the subject local part in turn.
>
> My file for instance is :-
>
> carpediem-it.co.uk : priceless
> php3hosting.com : altphp : noreply
> php3hosting.co.uk : altphp : noreply
> php4hosting.co.uk : altphp : noreply
> php4hosting.com : altphp : noreply : carol
>
> You could probably use the same format just by putting :-
>
> deny senders = @@lsearch;/etc/reject-by-domain
> message = $local_part@$domain does not want your email
>
> Just put the domain then the localpart or a * for wildcards i.e.
>
> spammer.com : *
>
> anotherspammer.com : spam : dave : russell
>
> Hope that goes some way to helping
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Darren
>
>
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