rbl

[Martin Hepworth]

Hi

Thats alot of RBL's for MailScanner to blacklist against, no wonder you
are seeing FPs, I normally suggest these at the SA level.

In order to 'whitelist' then set the Spam List option to a rule file and
make sure the ip-address has a no value.



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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


spiv007 wrote:
> Its under MailScanner.conf
>
>
> MailScanner.conf
> #
> # Spam Detection and Spam Lists (DNS blocklists)
> # ----------------------------------------------
> #
>
> # Do you want to check messages to see if they are spam?
> # Note: If you switch this off then *no* spam checks will be done at all.
> #       This includes both MailScanner's own checks and SpamAssassin.
> #       If you want to just disable the "Spam List" feature then set
> #       "Spam List =" (i.e. an empty list) in the setting below.
> # This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
> Spam Checks = yes
>
> # This is the list of spam blacklists (RBLs) which you are using.
> # See the "Spam List Definitions" file for more information about what
> # you can put here.
> # This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
> Spam List = AHBL ABL SPEWS1 SPEWS2 AHBL-RHSBL BADWHOIS MAILPOLICE-BULK MAILPOLIC
> E-PORN DUHLUSERS ORDB-RBL spamhaus.org spamhaus-XBL SBL+XBL spamcop.net NJABL RF
> C-IGNORANT-DSN RFC-IGNORANT-POSTMASTER RFC-IGNORANT-ABUSE RFC-IGNORANT-WHOIS RFC
> -IGNORANT-IPWHOIS RFC-IGNORANT-BOGUSMX SORBS-DNSBL SORBS-HTTP SORBS-SOCKS SORBS-
> MISC SORBS-SMTP SORBS-WEB SORBS-SPAM SORBS-BLOCK SORBS-ZOMBIE SORBS-DUL SORBS-RH
> SBL CBL RSL DSBL BLITZEDALL
>
> spam.assassin.prefs.conf
> # By default, SpamAssassin will run RBL checks.  If your ISP already
> # does this, set this to 1.
> #
> skip_rbl_checks 1
> On 4/27/05, Alex Neuman van der Hans <alex at nkpanama.com> wrote:
>
>>Or at the MTA level?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
>>Of Martin Hepworth
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:31 AM
>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>Subject: Re: rbl
>>
>>Hi
>>
>>where is the RBL defined, in the MailScanner.conf or used in the SA config?
>>--
>>Martin Hepworth
>>Snr Systems Administrator
>>Solid State Logic
>>Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>
>>spiv007 wrote:
>>
>>>how do i allow an ip that is on an rbl list to send mail to my server?
>>> I added the ip to my whitelist but it still get blocked.  Maybe
>>>spammassin is blocking it?
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