This may seem simple to seasoned Sendmail users, but I can't get it
working. I have been trying to use /etc/mail/access.db to block
several recipients who have stopped working with us. The obvious way
of doing this seems to be putting the following in /etc/mail/access:

To:user@mydomain.net.au REJECT

or

To:user@mydomain.net.au ERROR:"550 Please go away"

Neither of these seem to work. Messages to this recipient still get
through. What am I doing wrong?

.... and Yes - I am running /usr/sbin/makemap hash /etc/mail/access.db
< /etc/mail/access and restarting sendmail.

PS 'user@mydomain.net.au' if fictitious.

Robert S wrote:
> This may seem simple to seasoned Sendmail users, but I can't get it
> working. I have been trying to use /etc/mail/access.db to block
> several recipients who have stopped working with us. The obvious way
> of doing this seems to be putting the following in /etc/mail/access:
>
> To:user@mydomain.net.au REJECT
>
> or
>
> To:user@mydomain.net.au ERROR:"550 Please go away"

post the header of a such mail that come throe, it could be BCC to an
alternative e-mail address for that user.



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Robert S <robert.spam.me.senseless@gmail.com> writes:

> This may seem simple to seasoned Sendmail users, but I can't get it
> working. I have been trying to use /etc/mail/access.db to block
> several recipients who have stopped working with us. The obvious way
> of doing this seems to be putting the following in /etc/mail/access:
>
> To:user@mydomain.net.au REJECT
>
> or
>
> To:user@mydomain.net.au ERROR:"550 Please go away"
>
> Neither of these seem to work. Messages to this recipient still get
> through. What am I doing wrong?
>
> ... and Yes - I am running /usr/sbin/makemap hash /etc/mail/access.db
> < /etc/mail/access and restarting sendmail.
>
> PS 'user@mydomain.net.au' if fictitious.

Use FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')

URL(s):
http://www.sendmail.org/m4/features....ist_recipients
http://www.sendmail.org/m4/anti_spam.html

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> Use FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')
>

Thanks. That fixed it good and proper.

My ancient Red Hat Linux book didn't mention this.