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Re: smtp-server and blind relaying...
> > Here is an extract from my development tree, where
> > I have built following example while testing ideas
> > for the control system.
>
> Matti, this seams really useful in respect of recent total anti-spam
> armament ;) but may I ask, is there a *really good* reason for making
> checks in smtpserver rather than router? Yes I know that this way you can
> keep your queue tidy. But on the other hand, it is the router which
> deals with addresses, distinguishes local domains from remote etc.
>
> For me, it sounds reasonable to do the filtering job in the router.
Well, there are several reasons for these mechanisms
being added to the smtp-server, and none of them prevents
you from doing similar/same at the router scripts.
However there are some things you can't do in router...
- total blockade of some source IP-addresses (could do it
via the TCP-wrapper, though..)
- instant lightweight rejection responce
- address format complexity limitation
(I mean !%-kludges, and source-routeing)
> Just my 2 cents...
>
> Eugene
/Matti Aarnio