Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

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Author: Anja Gawlik
Date:  
To: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Kjetil Torgrim Homme [mailto:kjetilho@ifi.uio.no]
Gesendet: Sonntag, 19. Oktober 2008 14:59
An: Anja Gawlik
Cc: exim-users@???
Betreff: Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

>On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 20:14 +0200, Anja Gawlik wrote:
>> I'm afraid I need some help with this, google and the docs couldn't
>> help me here. I try to get rid of spam as early as possible in
>> smtp-time. I therefore drop all mails with foreign domains right away,
>> they are spam anyway:
>> (this is debian config)
>>
>> acl_check_rcpt:
>>
>>   accept
>>     hosts = :

>>
>>   drop
>>      message     = relay not permitted
>>      !domains    = +local_domains : +relay_to_domains

>>
>> But instead of dropping the connection and deleting the remains, exim
>> stores all those spammails as "frozen"


>don't use drop. it drops the connection, which is very unfriendly.


Sending us thousands of spam messages isn't very friendly either ;)

Greetz,
Anja