SendMail: allow authenticated users to bypass dnsbl checks

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Published on 2010-06-03T06:14:43Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 6:26 UTC
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Hello.

How do I setup sendmail so that it does not apply dnsbl to authenticated SMTP users? One of our offices is using wireless internet and of course it's widely used by spammers. So, all of it's dynamic Ips already blacklisted by SpamHaus.

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