Thanks Ed. This is exactly what I'm after. How did I miss this? Is it new for v5? - SteveP On 11/24/2011 12:19 PM, Ed wrote: > g_from_must_exist - Require local from addresses to exist or reject mail > > Can be useful in blocking dumb spam robots > > Syntax: g_from_must_exist bool > > > > On 11/24/2011 11:00 AM, Steve Perrault wrote: >> SurgeMail Version 5.3i-31, Built Aug 24 2011 17:20:26, Platform Linux >> (Surgeweb Enabled) >> >> Am I missing a setting? Is it possible to do this with surgemail? >> >> Our surgemail mirrors host hundreds of domains. Our users are getting >> phish FROM a bogus account for the local domain. For instance, >>HIDDEN@mnsi.net will get email from accounting@mnsi.net, or >>HIDDEN@erservice@mnsi.net. I add the bogus addresses when they occur, but >> sometimes the sender is random text, likeHIDDEN@mnsi.net. >> >> This could be mitigated if the sender address or envelope sender is >> verified against the local user database when the sender's domain (in >> From, or envelope sender) is a locally hosted domain. >> >> Back in the days of sendmail, I had a ruleset in place to do this -- >> compare FROM against passwd file). This was more to minimize customer >> viruses which would fake the sender address by changing a character in >> the user's email address (ie, change steve toHIDDEN@mnsi.net). >> >> - SteveP >> >> >> >> >
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