[Fwd: NJABL announcement: dynablock & Spamhaus PBL]

[Ken A]

Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote:
> Question regarding this... If i rsync to a local rbldnsd via
> 
> rsync -vaL rsync.njabl.org::njabl/rbldnsd/ /var/lib/rbldns/work
> 
> Does this mean I am uneffected by this in a sense?

Depends if you also use spamhaus. If you use dynablock.njable.org AND 
(?:pbl|zen)spamhaus.org, you are doubling up on rbl hits. After 'ample 
time', whatever that is has passed, dynablock will match nothing, so do 
switch to zen!
Ken
Pacific.Net

> 
> I dont think I should update my rsync job...
> 
> Vasiliy Boulytchev
> vasiliy at linuxspecial.com
> 
> 
> 
> Ken A wrote:
>>
>> fyi.
>> Ken A
>> Pacific.Net
>>
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: NJABL announcement: dynablock & Spamhaus PBL
>>> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:37:29 -0500 (EST)
>>> From: help at mail.njabl.org
>>> To: list at njabl.org
>>>
>>> With the advent of Spamhaus's PBL (http://spamhaus.org/pbl/), 
>>> dynablock.njabl.org has become obsolete.  Rather than maintain 
>>> separate similar DNSBL zones, NJABL will be working with Spamhaus on 
>>> the PBL. Effective immediately, dynablock.njabl.org exists as a copy 
>>> of the Spamhaus PBL.  After dynablock users have had ample time to 
>>> update their configurations, the dynablock.njabl.org zone will be 
>>> emptied.
>>>
>>> Other NJABL zones (i.e. dnsbl, combined, bhnc, and the qw versions) 
>>> will continue, business as usual, except that combined will 
>>> eventually lose its dynablock component.
>>>
>>> If you currently use dynablock.njabl.org we recommend you switch 
>>> immediately to pbl.spamhaus.org.
>>>
>>> If you currently use combined.njabl.org, we recommend you add 
>>> pbl.spamhaus.org to the list of DNSBLs you use.
>>>
>>> You may also want to consider using zen.spamhaus.org, which is a 
>>> combination zone consisting of Spamhaus's SBL, XBL, and PBL zones.
>>