using dnsbl with sendmail allowing access

[benjithegreat98]

I have a problem. I am using the dnsbl feature in sendmail (8.12.10). I have a contact that cannot email us and it is because of the fact that their isp (earthlink) has IPs that are blacklisted. I need a way to bypass the rbl check to let in specific users.

I have added
FEATURE(`delay_checks')dnl
to the sendmail.mc file and I put
From:joe.blow@earthlink.net OK
in the access file. I also tried to put
joe.blow@earthlink.net RELAY
Both to no avail..... Any other suggestions?

 

[Rhinokiller]

It's basically up to Earthlink to remove their blacklisted IPs from the RBL. It's also a bad idea to add joe.blow@earthlink.net (or anything similar) to your access file, it's too easily spoofed and it could land you on an RBL. The problem isn't yours to deal with, it's Earthlinks & your customers.

Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[benjithegreat98]

Actually I had figured out this problem a while back and the problem was me. I put earthlink.com and not earthlink.net in the access file. Silly me. So "From:jb@earthlink.net OK" works and I took out the RELAY part of it. I tried to contact earthlink but they didn't really care to hear from me. I had to let this guy contact us and his ISP shouldn't be the reason he couldn't email us.