/etc/mail/access and DISCARD

[Fred Martin_1]

OK I got a few requests to post the script. I don't mind but I've edited out any real server names, domain names, user names, etc. and put in some generic replacements.

And, as I said, it's a hack, and is placed here without warranty. I only know it works for me. I don't have time to engage in any debugging.

And, no comments about the legality of the bigboss bit - that wasn't my idea :)

[Fred Martin_1]

Ok back to my original post ... I occasionally get lines like this in the mail.log

h6LJOaT09182: --> 553 5.0.0 No soliciting. (held)

The 553 No Soliciting is a result of my access file entry. But what does '(held)' mean? Not all the hits have that comment.

[Steven E. Protter]

My access file attached.

I grabbed it by ftp

SEP

[Fred Martin_1]

Is this another issue? If my access file is going to bounce email, my log and my queue are going to be filled with junk, since most spammers are spoofing anyway.