RBL checking

[Ugo Bellavance]

Jason Williams wrote:

>> In your case with a low volume server with no load at all I think it's a
>> big risk to use RBLs in Sendmail. You should have them in SA instead for
>> more accurate results. Only with a higher load you need to cut spam
>> earlier in the process.
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> What about using RBL checks within MS? I know it is in between MTA and SA.
> Does MS log the RBL checks if it receives a bad one?

When you get a positive RBL check in MS, it is tagged as regular spam.
You can configure it to be high-scoring spam when you get x number of
positives RBL checks for a message.

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>> Weren't you looking into Vispan? It sorts all SA traps, including RBLs.
>> Spamcop and SBL-XBL are my two best ones.
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> I saw that. Quite like it really. I'm looking to possibly put on mrtg
> graphs here for a little bit more information...

Installing mailscanner-mrtg is quite easy.

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> SO many things...I need more mail servers to play with.

Install one at home :).  That's what I did.

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> Jas
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