How Many Rbl ??

[Glenn Steen]

On 20/03/2008, Peter Farrow <peter at farrows.org> wrote:
>
>  Glenn Steen wrote:
>  On 20/03/2008, Matt Kettler <mkettler at evi-inc.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Andrea Bazzanini wrote:
>  > Hello Guys..
>  >
>  > Realy esay question ...
>  >
>  > How many RBL ... in your opinion must be check by MS ???
>  >
>  > I have added 5 rbl into my MS config file .... spamcop, spamhouse etc....
>  >
>  > Thanks !!!
>
>
> The answer depends a lot on how bad FPs are for you.
>
>  I trust zero RBLs enough to use for outright blacklisting.
>
>  At the MTA layer, I use 3 RBLs to trigger greylisting. (yes, unlike most
>  greylist configs, I don't greylist by default, but use milter-greylist's
> access
>  lists to selectively greylist email that's highly likely to be spam). This
> is
>
>  (Aside: I'm meaning to implement this, since it would be OK with the
> current Swedish laws.... AICS... and would help... You're not the only
> one sitting up and paying attention Matt:-):-))
>
>
>  acceptable to me, as the only consequence of false positive is late email.
>
>  At the MailScanner layer, I use 0 RBLs, as I trust no RBL completely.
>
>  Actually... If you want a block, but not a reject..... This is where
> I'd put the very few (1, perhaps 2)... But only if your spamactions
> include "store"... or are only labling as SPAM.
>
>
>
>  At the SpamAssassin layer, I use all the default RBLs. That's acceptable to
> me
>  because the scoring mechanism makes it very unlikely the RBL will cause a
> FP, as
>  it would also have to match other spam rules.
>
>
>  Same here.
>
> Cheers & Happy Easter!
>
>  I do all my RBL blacklisting at MTA level, I use the main ones such as
> Spamcop and Spamhaus plus a few others, if you're on a blacklist I don't
> accept email from you period....no ifs no buts,  I process a few million
> emails a month for my clients and get no complaints!
>
>  It reduces the load dramatically on the MailScanners because its a black
> and white decision made at MTA level.
>
>  Works flawlessly for me and my clients...
>
>  Regards
>
>  Pete
>
Good for you!
If there is a point to my ramblings, it'd probably be that everyones
situation is different... More policy than technology... as usual:-).

Cheers
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