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diff --git a/etc/mail/README b/etc/mail/README index 222841abe386..1de804cd01ed 100644 --- a/etc/mail/README +++ b/etc/mail/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $Id:$ +# $Id: README,v 1.5 1998/09/02 01:34:57 brian Exp $ Filtering out SPAM from your site @@ -14,18 +14,10 @@ usernames (such as investor and success). We do not accept mail from any machine that matches a entry in either database, or users in the fakenames database. - WARNING: We do not maintain the database source files. - Read domain.txt and ips.txt. - (Make will fetch them for you) - Domains that you want to allow, should be added - to the file /etc/mail/allowed_domains.txt. - IP addresses that you want to allow, should be added - to the file /etc/mail/allowed_ips.txt. - Filtering at your site: To filter spam at your site you need to: 1. modify your /etc/sendmail.cf, - 2. retrieve the database source files from the master site, + 2. create a list of domains/ips you wish to block 3. make the databases and 4. finally signal sendmail that the configuration file has changed. @@ -35,22 +27,7 @@ in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.additions to your .mc file. If you do not use m4 to generate your /etc/sendmail.cf, add the database declarations to your /etc/sendmail.cf. -2. Fetching the database source files: - - The database source files are available from Gulf Coast -Internet via anonymous FTP. The Makefile in /etc/mail will retreive -the source files for you: as root, type "cd /etc/mail; make" at -the command line. The previous version of the database source -files is moved to <filename>.0. - - Local additions should be kept in separate files. We use -spamsites.local and denyip.local. You may want to diff the new -versions of the files against the previous versions to see what -has changed. - - Local deletions should be kept in separate files. We use -allowed_domain.txt and allowed_ips.txt. (This feature was added -after netcom.com was added to the spam block list.) +2. Put the list of domains you wish to block in /etc/mail/spamsites 3. Make the databases: As root, type "cd /etc/mail; make install" will build the |