This one time, at band camp, Cameron Showalter <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > add the IP to /etc/mail/access > as such > 211.2.3.4 REJECT > I have tried this, as recommended by the sendmail page at http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/chk-89f.html but it still allows mail from that IP. here are some tests I have tried with real IP addresses [root@oceania kevin]# /usr/sbin/sendmail -bt [root@oceania kevin]# /usr/sbin/sendmail -bt ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter <ruleset> <address> > /map access 200 map_lookup: access (200) no match (0) > /map access 24.197.146 map_lookup: access (24.197.146) no match (0) > /map access 24.229 map_lookup: access (24.229) no match (0) > /map access wanadoo.fr map_lookup: access (wanadoo.fr) returns ERROR:"550 Spam filter activated" (0) > /quit I rebuild the access.db each time I edit the access file, so no silly problems there. it just does not seem to catch the mails from these IP addresses. Kind regards Kevin -- ______ (_____ \ _____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list