I don't think there is.. They use something called a gray list.. Shared between all the nodes. Would be nice if there was a way to implement an DNSRBL.. I have a perl script but don't know how to inject/sew it into the process or code.
~Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Van Hefner > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] ASSP > > > I read all through the docs and did not find any support for > popular DNSRBLs. > > > William Van Hefner > Network Administrator > > Vantek Communications, Inc. > 555 H St., Ste. C > P.O. Box 155 > Eureka, CA 95502-0155 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 707.476.0833 ph > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Randall Scott > > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:32 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] ASSP > > > > > > ASSP does support dnsbl's. Read the docs, its not that hard > to setup. > > > > Randall Scott > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Van > > Hefner > > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 2:34 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] ASSP > > > > I saw someone mention the ASSP anti-spam software at > > http://assp.sourceforge.net a day or two ago and decided to try it > > out. > > > > After fiddling around with it for a few hours on a secondary mail > > server, I can assure you that running this on your iMail box is > > probably not a great idea if you really want to stop spam. The > > problem? ASSP (unlike iMail 8.0+) > > doesn't allow you to run checks on DNS based blacklists (or > > DNSRBLs) at all. > > If you run ASSP as a proxy server on the same machine as iMail, > > it will make > > iMail's own DNSRBL look-up feature useless, since it would > only be doing > > lookups on the IP address of your own mail server, not the > address of the > > originating sender. All your iMail box will do is a lookup of the > > IP address > > 127.0.0.1. > > > > If you run ASSP on another server, you will run into the > same problem. > > As soon as you put another server in front of iMail, all DNSRBL > > look-ups become impossible. Personally, I depend on DNSRBLs like > > SpamCop a LOT. They easily > > block 50% or more of the spam hitting my server in the first > > place, and is a > > valuable first line of defense. Blocking spam by IP > address, before it > > traverses through memory and CPU hogging filters and rules, > is always the > > best way to go. > > > > ASSP does have some great features. I especially like the > fact that it > > allows you to treat certain (seeded) addresses as "honeypot > addresses" > > to collect info on spammers. I couldn't really tell what it > did with > > this data from the documentation though. If it didn't block iMail's > > DNSRBL capabilities, I'd say that it would be a great > add-on product > > for iMail. As > > it is now though, it only serves to cripple one of iMail's > most powerful > > anti-spam features. That alone makes the capabilities of > ASSP's other > > features a moot point. That's just my 2 cents though. > > > > > > William Van Hefner > > Network Administrator > > > > Vantek Communications, Inc. > > 555 H St., Ste. C > > P.O. Box 155 > > Eureka, CA 95502-0155 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 707.476.0833 ph > > > ___________________________________________________________________ Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
