Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:33:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pluta <peter@placidpublishing.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spamassassin RBL's Message-ID: <11051531.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <466C5069.1000903@vindaloo.com> References: <11046174.post@talk.nabble.com> <466C2D0F.3040708@webanoide.org> <11050907.post@talk.nabble.com> <466C5069.1000903@vindaloo.com>
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Christopher Hilton wrote: > > Peter Pluta wrote: >> >> Mikhail Goriachev-2 wrote: >>> Peter Pluta wrote: >>>> How can I enable spamassasssin RBL's. I'm running FreeBSD 6.1, postfix, >>>> amavisd-new, and spamassassin with razor. I'm getting many spams that >>>> shouldn't be getting thru with RBL's. I havent been able to find >>>> anything >>>> useful on Google that can explain how to get RBL working with >>>> spamassassin. >>>> Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> > > [snip] > >>> /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_dnsbl_tests.cf >>> >>> > > You will also want to look at: > > /usr/local/share/spamassassin/5-_scores.cf > > There are two ways to use the rbls. You can either raise the score for > being in the RBL above SA's threshold. Or you can out and out block > servers in the RBL from your MTA. You probably want to be carefull with > the latter technique since is transfers onus of the work of delivering > the mail into the wrong hands. > > I just spent 3 hours diagnosing a problem for a client on Friday. It > turns out that people weren't able to deliver email to him and for the > past 6 months he's believed that there was some intermittent problem > with his ISP's mailserver. The actual problem is that his ISP is using > an overzealous RBL. I found out about this because my delivery server > was listed in his RBL due to some mistake that happened in 1999 before > my ISP got the IP address. The practical upshot for my client was that > until he could find someone who could both see and diagnose the problem > he just wasn't receiving mail and thus he was loosing business. Nota > Bene for all users of RBLs. > > -- > __o "All I was doing was trying to get home from work." > _`\<,_ -Rosa Parks > ___(*)/_(*)___________________________________________________________ > Christopher Sean Hilton <chris | at | vindaloo.com> > pgp key: D0957A2D/f5 30 0a e1 55 76 9b 1f 47 0b 07 e9 75 0e 14 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I see, I disabled bayes and awl in spamassassin, and updated amavisd-new from ports. I have a different problem. Mail I am sending out is being thrown away because it's being flagged as spam. I'm stumped, it never did this before. Log entry: Jun 10 14:23:59 mail amavis[541]: (00541-04) cached f6255bb01c648fe967714d52a89e8e9c from <peter@placidpublishing.net> (1,0) Jun 10 14:24:00 mail amavis[541]: (00541-04) Blocked SPAM, [67.175.92.171] [67.175.92.171] <peter@placidpublishing.net> -> <ferrarislave@gmail.com>, Message-ID: <466C4F06.9080503@placidp ublishing.net>, mail_id: kj76mFHOu5uA, Hits: 5.651, size: 775, 638 ms Jun 10 14:24:00 mail postfix/smtp[785]: 7A5215083F: to=<ferrarislave@gmail.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=0.84, delays=0.18/0.01/0/0.64, dsn=2.7.0, status=sent (250 2.7.0 Ok, discarded, id=00541-04 - SPAM) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Spamassassin-RBL%27s-tf3896464.html#a11051531 Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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