RBL Error

[Richard Sidlin (Help Plc)]

I've now hashed out all lines in mailscanner.conf relating to spam
databases, restarted Mailscanner but the problem persists.

Any other thoughts?

Richard Sidlin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of David Sullivan
> Sent: 05 July 2002 23:05
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: RBL Error
>
>
> Help Plc said:
> > I am getting "RBL Checks timed out and were killed" errors in my
> > maillog after every attempted scan of an email. Any idea how I fix this
> > please?
>
> Check the RBL services you have listed with "Spam List =" and check that
> the services you're using are still operational and that you're
> able to use
> them.
>
> One thing worth pointing out that is noted in the comments of
> mailscanner.conf:
>
> # MAPS now charge for their services, so you'll have to buy a contract
> before
> # attempting to use the next 3 lines.
> #Spam List = MAPS-RBL, blackholes.mail-abuse.org.
> ...
>
> Other than that you might have a DNS problem of some kind.
>
> Regards
>
> --
> David Sullivan        IT Services, Barnet College, London
>                       David.Sullivan at barnet.ac.uk
>                       020 8275 5036
>
>
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