Mailbomb (Spam) Protection - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

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IP Address
*.*.*.34
172.16.*.34
172.16.10-34.*
You can block on any segment of the hostname. For example:
Hostname
provo*.novell.com
*.novell.com
There is no limit to the number of IP addresses and hostnames that you can block in the
blocked.txt
3 Save the file as

47.2.4 Mailbomb (Spam) Protection

Multiple unsolicited messages (sometimes called a mailbomb or spam) from the Internet can
potentially harm your GroupWise messaging environment. You can use the settings on the SMTP
Security page to help protect your GroupWise system from malicious or accidental attacks.
To configure the SMTP security settings:
1 In ConsoleOne, right-click the Internet Agent object, then click Properties.
2 Click SMTP/MIME > Security Settings.
3 Fill in the fields:
776 GroupWise 8 Administration Guide
Blocks
Any IP address ending with 34
Any IP address starting with 172.16 and ending with 34
Any IP address starting with 172.16 and any octet from 10 to 34
Blocks
provo.novell.com provo1.novell.com provo2.novell.com
gw.novell.com (but not novell.com itself)
file
.
blocked.txt

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