High Load

[Raymond Dijkxhoorn]

Hi!

> > Like someone said before on the list, its no art to simply block and
> > reject mail, its art to get the right ones through.
>
> I'd agree, but I think it's worth mentioning that some lists are more
> reliable than others. sbl+xbl for example doesn't seem to misfire,
> whereas spamcop will routinely list some ISP mailservers.
>
> If the 'high load' is _really_ a problem, you can block/reject in
> sendmail using sbl-xbl and see about a 30-40% decrease in spam right off
> the top, with very few FPs. This reduces the load on MS/SA substantially.

If i would have to block in MTA i would pick DSBL not spamhaus...

Bye,
Raymond.

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