Re: trapdoor.merit.edu and other impatient Postfix mailers everywhere (fwd)

[John Fraizer <nanog () Overkill EnterZone Net>]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Mitch Halmu wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Chris Adams wrote:
>
> > Once upon a time, Matt Martini <martini () invision net> said:
> > > I never liked the idea of someone else, with an agenda that I'm sure
> > > doesn't coinside with mine, telling me who I should talk to or not. When
> > > the source code defaulted to using these "services" that's when I bailed on
> > > sendmail.
> >
> > You must be talking about some other MTA.  Sendmail has never defaulted
> > to using any of the MAPS (or any other DNS-based) lists.
> >
> > You don't think DJB has an agenda?
>
> Relevant sendmail source code extracted:
>
> http://www.dotcomeon.com/release_notes.html
>
> Quote: "The default is rbl.maps.vix.com." Never say never again ;)
>
> --Mitch
> NetSide

Dot-COME-ON now Mitch.  I don't consider .m4 files to be source for the
MTA.  They're simply an aid for creating complex configuration files.

Beyond that, NONE of the "generic-*.mc" files (at least in the 8.11.0
tarball) have "FEATURE(dnsbl" in them, AT ALL.  You have to specifically
add it to your own .mc file and then create a .cf.



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John Fraizer
EnterZone, Inc