MeTA1 1.0.PreAlpha13.0

Last Update 2007-01-20

MeTA1 Source Code

MeTA1 1.0.PreAlpha13.0 is available for testing.

smar does not query DNS blacklists if a previous test (e.g., an access map lookup) already returned a result.
"empty" MX records are treated as invalid and mails from domains using those are rejected.
The new compile time option SS_EHLO_ACCESS_CHK enables lookups of the EHLO/HELO argument in the access map. This must be enabled at runtime via the flag "check_ehlo" (and "access" of course).
Several logging enhancements, e.g., for program termination, invalid EHLO/HELO, discarding of mails.

A complete list of changes can be found below.

The source code distribution and the PGP signature are available at:

md5 checksums:

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2007-01-14 Do not query DNS blacklists if a previous test (e.g., an access map lookup) already returned a result.
2007-01-08 To further restrict the length of syslog(3) messages the compile time options MTA_LOG_LEN and MTA_LOG_LEN_MAX have been added.
2007-01-05 Do not log a warning in smar about a missing access map at startup. Instead wait for an SMTP server to request an access map during its initial connection and log an error if the map is not available. Requested by Tim Brazil.
2006-12-27 Treat "empty" MX records as invalid and reject mails from domains using those (see also the expired internet draft draft-delany-nullmx-00.txt: A NULL MX Resource Record means "I never accept email").
2006-11-26 New compile time option SS_EHLO_ACCESS_CHK to enable lookups of the EHLO/HELO argument in the access map. This must be enabled at runtime via the flag "check_ehlo" (and "access" of course).

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