Re: flexfax: e-mail to fax: controlling access

["Eloy A. Paris" <eparis@ven.ra.rockwell.com>]

David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk> wrote:

: If you are using the standard sendmail faxmailer, the domain name will
: not be a sub-domain of yours, but a fake top level one.  In that case,
: assuming that you are SMTP, not UUCP connected, the anti-spam measures
: that you should already have take will mean that you will be immune.

Right, IMHO this is the best way to do it. It works quite well.

: This is one reccommended anti-relay configuration, although customised
: slightly for my environment:
[...]

Great, thanks a lot. I got it working.

If you uncomment the lines with "$=R" and create a line like this:

FR-o /etc/sendmail.cR

and list in /etc/sendmail.cR all the hosts you want to give access to
the fax server you have a very nice access control system :-)

Thanks a lot.

E.-

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Eloy A. Paris
Information Technology Department
Rockwell Automation Venezuela
Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9431645