Questions from email answered.
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@@ -141,6 +141,36 @@ is a milter declaration for sendmail.cf with all timeouts specified:
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<pre>
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Xpythonfilter, S=local:/var/log/milter/pythonsock, F=T, T=C:5m;S:20s;R:60s;E:5m
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</pre>
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<li> Q. There is a Python traceback in the log file! What happened to
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my email?
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<p> A. When the milter fails with an untrapped exception, a TEMPFAIL
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result (451) is returned to the sender. The sender will then retry every
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hour or so for several days. Hopefully, someone will notice the
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traceback, and workaround or fix the problem.
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<li> Q. I read some notes such as "Check valid domains allowed by internal
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senders to detect PCs infected with spam trojans." but could not
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understand the idea. Could you clarify the content ?
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<p> A. The <code>internal_domains</code> configuration specifies which
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MAIL FROM domains are used by internal connections. If an internal
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PC tries to use some other domain, it is assumed to be a "Zombie".
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<p>
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Here is a sample log line:
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<pre>
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2005Jun22 12:01:04 [12430] REJECT: zombie PC at 192.168.100.171 sending MAIL FROM debby@fedex.com
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</pre>
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No, fedex.com does not use pymilter, and there is no one named debby at my
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client. But the idiot using the PC at 192.168.100.171 has downloaded and
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installed some stupid weatherbar/hotbar/aquariumscreensaver that is actually a
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spam bot.
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<p>
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The <code>internal_domains</code> option is simplistic, it assumes all
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valid senders of the domains are internal. SPF provides a much more general
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check of IP and MAIL FROM for external email. Pymilter should soon
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have a local policy feature for more general checking of internal mail.
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<h3> Using SPF </h3>
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<a name="spf">
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<li> Q. So how do I use the SPF support? The sample.py milter doesn't seem
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