>I'm using the ~ca set of checking rules, and yeah, same kind of thing, but
>it's using a separate database of junk stuff.

where dat?  i'm always looking for more stuff to stuff into my
sendmail.cf.  :)

>I've become convinced 'access' should be more than one database; I was trying
>to help someone set something up, and he wanted to be able to do things like
>prevent a given user from *sending* mail, etc etc., and we couldn't figure
>out how to distinguish between incoming and outgoing.

well...it should be and it shouldn't.  on the one hand, i don't know
that sendmail as it is contains any provisions for stopping a user
from *sending* mail, only receiving mail.

but on the other hand, i don't want any mail from hotmail users or
netcom users.  too much spam.  and if put hotmail.com in my access
database, it blocks both hotmail.com hosts that are relaying to me,
and also individual messages that are (purportedly) from hotmail.com
users.  which is nice.

all in all, it works rather well.  even if i don't "completely"
understand it.

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