Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 09:54:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: David Fleck <david.fleck@mchsi.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: blacklist(s) Message-ID: <20040620094347.R72669@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20040620081624.E13853@grond.sourballs.org> References: <20040515005503.GA9224@tao.thought.org> <20040514192819.C20346@wonkity.com> <20040620081624.E13853@grond.sourballs.org>
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On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, David Fleck wrote:
> Sorry for this monumentally stupid-sounding question, but how do you tell
> if the dnsbl feature is *working* or not? I've got 2 set in my local .mc
> files:
>
> FEATURE(dnsbl, `bl.spamcop.net', `"550 Mail from " $&{client_addr} " rejected, see http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?" $&{client_addr}')
> FEATURE(dnsbl,`combined.njabl.org',`Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://njabl.org/lookup?$&{client_addr}')
>
> (and yes, I did 'make cf install' afterwards), but I don't see any
> indication of mail being rejected because of these in my maillog. I do
> see mail being rejected because of settings in /etc/mail/access.db. Do
> these work silently, or are they not working at all?
After changing the .mc file, you have to restart sendmail:
# cd /etc/mail
# make all install restart
DSNBL rejects look like the ones caused by entries in access.db, but
with the message from the FEATURE line.
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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