Re: block emails from certain senders

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 06:27:40PM -0700, Douglas Chen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there anyway that we can set up a filter to block emailss from
> certain
> senders? We use a RedHat 7.1 as our email server, and use scanmails to
> filter virus.
> 
> Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Douglas

I think you need to use /etc/mail/access.  Make sure you have the
sendmail-doc and sendmail-cf RPMs installed, then look at
/usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf or /usr/share/sendmail-cf/README.
They are the same file.  There is information in there about the
access file and how to use it.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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