--On 3 November 2006 00:00:58 +0000 Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 02/11/06, Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Peter Bowyer wrote: >> > >> > That's why DynaBlock, dynablock.njabl.org etc exist, and why people >> > use them as part of their mail blocking strategy. >> > >> > >> > >> >> Is dynablock.njabl.org the same thing as running DynaStop? > > It's what Bill's been telling you to do instead of running DynaStop. > It's a DNSBL which lists dynamic IP ranges which have mostly been > submitted by the owning ISPs, specifically in order that people can > block email originating from them. > > It's actively maintained, and arguably more accurate than DynaStop, > since it lists real IPs rather than relying on patterns in hostnames. > Bill argues that the caching nature of DNSBL lookups gives this > mechanism an advantage over having to pass every presenting hosts's > RDNS through a load of regexps - he's probably right for some patterns > of traffic. > > Peter > If only Bill had expressed it so clearly! -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
