[spamdyke-users] Recipient blacklist vs. RDNS checks

2012-02-14 Thread Angus McIntyre
Watching the logs on my new mail server, I'm having the pleasure of seeing spamdyke knocking lots of incoming spam on the head. In most cases, the incoming messages are getting taken out by RBL_MATCH, SENDER_NO_MX or RDNS_MISSING rules. A lot of the messages would eventually fail anyway because

Re: [spamdyke-users] Recipient blacklist vs. RDNS checks

2012-02-14 Thread Sam Clippinger
Yes and no. From a purely academic standpoint, it takes less work/time for spamdyke to reject a blacklisted recipient than to perform the DNS tests because searching a file is faster than sending and receiving network data (assuming the file isn't huge). And yes, spamdyke re-reads all of its

Re: [spamdyke-users] Recipient blacklist vs. RDNS checks

2012-02-14 Thread Eric Shubert
Very nice explanation Sam. Thanks for all you do. -- -Eric 'shubes' On 02/14/2012 06:53 PM, Sam Clippinger wrote: Yes and no. From a purely academic standpoint, it takes less work/time for spamdyke to reject a blacklisted recipient than to perform the DNS tests because searching a file is