Well all I can say is that my filters treat inbound email that fail both the VALHELO and VALREVDNS as spam. If one of them pass then the email gets passed to the next set of inbound rule. Works well for me!
This still doesn't answer my original question though. The domain is in the whitelist and the imail logs show this, but the X-IMAIL-SPAM headers are being added to the email regardless. I can only assume that this is occurring because these tests are performed prior to the whitelist check, instead of after. Of course I'm assuming that this is how Imail works and if the email is in the whitelist no further checking is performed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:50 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Whitelisted domains don't work! > > >You don't need to be taught :-) ... however, I'll explain my point of view > >to the other list members: > > > >PTR records point to one single IP address. If you use IMail virtual > >domains (all domains running on the same IP), the dns reverse check and > >helo value both show the main machines IP and name, consequently failing > >the reverse and helo "antispam" tests for every virtual domain. > > That isn't true. > > If your IMail server hosts example.com and example.net, both on 192.0.2.25, > your reverse DNS entry for 192.0.2.25 may be mail.example.com. In that > case, if you connect to another IMail (sending E-mail from either virtual > domain), it will pass the reverse DNS test (since 192.0.2.25 does have a > reverse DNS entry), and it will pass the HELO test (since both > mail.example.com and mail.example.net have A records). > > >If you want to keep multiple domains on the same IMail server machine, you > >must dedicate a separate IP address for every single mail domain you are > >hosting, just to satisfy the fancy tests some smart mail admins might > >activate. This seems like a waste of address space to me. > > It is a waste of address space! > > There are a few mailserver admins out there (all using non-IMail products!) > that do "crazy anti-spam tests" (such as making sure that the HELO and > reverse DNS entry match). You can't do anything about them, except educate > them (or laugh at them). Why? In most cases, as soon as you jump through > hoops for one, you break someone else's crazy anti-spam test. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > since 2000. > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > 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/ > > 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/
