Hello, I have read this dabate over the real time black list and have this to say about them... This is my approach as a server administrator and from the stand point of having my domain blocked because my "neighbors" didn't "play" nice. I use the warn clause as follows at the server level: To identify the sending country, I use:
warn    message       = X-Location: $dnslist_text
dnslists = country-rirdata.dnsiplists.completewhois.com to identify blacklisted entries, I use: warn condition = ${lookup {${lc:$sender_helo_name}}lsearch{/usr/exim/MyIP}{no}{yes}} condition = ${lookup {${lc:$sender_host_address}}lsearch{/usr/exim/MyIP}{no}{yes}}
        dnslists      = abuse.rfc-ignorant.org
message = X-BlackList: Listed in $dnslist_domain/$dnslist_text I repeat this for ~135 different RBLs... Overkill perhaps, but the more information I can provide my users, the better their choices will be. My experience with using deny with RBLs is an automatic loss of 10% good mail. on my personal account, I filter anything and everything to the max. This gives me all my mail, and I don't get all the trash... I've educated all my users to do the same. Its an effective and effecient way of getting the best of both worlds: the good mail and no spam. My server handles anywhere from 25,000 to 1 million emails a day. My official opinion of RBLs: They have their plaace if used wisely, but they are usually used in the worst ways. Often, they block large groups of innocent people suffer from there misuse and even when you try to get innocent domains removed from them, the respose is usually, "tough [EMAIL PROTECTED]" or "Thats your problem". This is where RBL owners truely fail in their goals and where RBLs tend to fail the most in general.

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