Adding a Spam Blacklist filter to your Sendmail config

Add the following line to you sendmail.mc file use SpamCop’s email blacklist filter on your sendmail email server:


FEATURE(`dnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', `"Spam blocked see: http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?"$&{client_addr}')dnl

Regenerate your sendmail config with:

m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf

then restart your sendmail server with

. /etc/init.d/sendmail restart

To block individual domains:

  • Edit /etc/mail/access
    <code>
    ...
    exmapledomain1.com    REJECT
    exampledomain2.com    REJECT
    ...
    

  • Convert access to access.db
    <code>
    makemap hash /etc/mail/access.db < /etc/mail/access
    </code>
  • Restart sendmail
    <code>
    # /etc/init.d/sendmail restart
    </code>

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 release exceeds 1million downloads in first 5 days

Version 1.0 of Mozilla’s latest lightweight streamlined browser, Firefox, was recently released and downloads exceeded 1 million in the first 5 days.

This is the latest statistic showing an increase in web surfer migration away from the current Microsoft Internet Explorer dominated playing field.

Some websites are reporting a significant drop in usage of IE, from 84% to 75%, while Firefox is rapidly increasing.