Topic: Blocking IPs with iptables

[Gary Neil]

I have been trying to block email form a block of ip addresses.
I'm using e-Smith 5.6

I used the command
iptables -A INPUT -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/24 -j DROP

when I run  iptables -L INPUT
it shows
DROP  all  --  xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/24  anywhere

Yet email from blocked ips keeps getting through.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for any help.

[krusty]

Maybe you want to write another line with DENY in it ?