
48 Chapter 1 Mail Service Setup
Rejecting SMTP Connections From Specific Servers
Your mail service can reject unauthorized SMTP connections from hosts on a
disapproved-hosts list that you create. All mail traffic from servers in this list is denied
and the SMTP connections are closed after posting a 554 SMTP connection refused
error.
To reject unauthorized SMTP connections from specific servers:
1 In Server Admin, select Mail in the Computers & Services pane.
2 Click Settings.
3 Select the Relay tab.
4 Check “Refuse all messages from these...”.
5 Edit the list of servers.
Click the Add (+) button to add a host to the list.
Click the Remove (-) button to delete the currently selected host from the list.
Click the Edit (/) button to change the currently selected host from the list.
When adding to the list, you can use a variety of notations.
• Enter a single IP address, or the network/netmask pattern such as 192.168.40.0/21.
• Enter a host name, such as mail.example.com.
• Enter an Internet domain name, such as example.com.
Rejecting Mail From Blacklisted Senders
Your mail service can reject mail from SMTP servers that are blacklisted as open relays
by a Real-time Blacklist Server (RBL). Your mail service uses an RBL server that you
specify. RBLs are sometimes called black-hole servers.
Important: Blocking unsolicited mail from blacklisted senders may not be completely
accurate. Sometimes it can prevent valid mail from being received.
To reject mail from blacklisted senders:
1 In Server Admin, select Mail in the Computers & Services pane.
2 Click Settings.
3 Select the Relay tab.
4 Check “Use these junk mail rejection servers.”
5 Edit the list of servers by adding the DNS name of an RBL server.
Click the Add (+) button to add a server to the list.
Click the Remove (-) button to delete the currently selected server from the list.
Click the Edit (/) button to change the currently selected server from the list.
Enter the domain name of the desired RBL server, such as rbl.example.com.
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