Recommended spam.lists and/or sendmail dnsbl settings?

[Duncan, Brian M.]

Can someone explain how to get Mailscanner to NOT check any other RBL's
listed in "Spam List =" directive after it hits at least 1?

I have these mailscanner config items set currently:

Spam Lists To Be Spam = 1
Spam List = spamcop zen.spamhaus.org dnsbl cbl MAPS-ALL

(we pay for use of the maps-all RBL which is now owned by Trend Micro)

As it stands here is an example message that was logged:

to kattenlaw.com is zen.spamhaus.org, cbl, MAPS-ALL

Which suggests to me it is testing against ALL RBL's I have in the Spam
List directive, and NOT stopping after it hits 1.

I read in another email about changing the order of the RBL's in the
Spam List but as it stands now for me it looks like it would have no
impact because
It looks like it's checking them all every time.

If anyone could please tell me how you get this working with Mailscanner
that would be great.

Thanks


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf
> Of shuttlebox
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:19 PM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Recommended spam.lists and/or sendmail dnsbl settings?
>
> On Dec 4, 2007 5:17 PM, Johnny Stork <stork at openenterprise.ca> wrote:
> > I used to have
> >
> > Spam List = spamhaus-ZEN spamhaus.org spamcop.net
> >
> > Also, from what I understand, adding the DNSBL to sendmail
> will block
> > mail without passing into MS, and setting/using them in MS and NOT
> > sendmail will score and tag offending mail.
>
> If you use RBL:s in MS you will not score mail, that can only
> be done in SA, there's however this option: "Spam Lists To Be
> Spam". If you use several RBL:s like above you can set how
> many are needed for a message to be blocked, note that MS
> RBL:s will always override the SA score.
>
> > Can someone suggest an optimal combination of sendmail dnsbl and MS
> > "Spam List=" settings? Should I use both? or just one based
> on whether
> > I want to block/tag SPAM?
>
> Use RBL:s only in SA if you want the most accurate spam
> protection. If you have performance problems you can block
> with Sendmail too.
>
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