----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Payne-Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: [iMS] Fw: ORBZ Relay Test
> Thanks Howie,
>
> Any idea what the performance hit is for using RBL?
Basically, there is a separate dns lookup for each server you list so there is a
performance hit in that regard.
> I note in the manual
> that remote servers are cached if they are found on an RBL server. Are
> they cached if they are not found? If not then perhaps they should be
> given the use of TTL parameters...
>
They are cached if found and the TTL is adhered to.
> Thinking through this a little further... Given that iMS is
> multi-threaded I would guess that the performance hit will only be
> appreciable on an already busy server and that the main impact will be a
> (slight) delay in message delivery for the RBL verification... BUT, if
> you are getting a *lot* of spam attempts then you might get a
> performance improvement since (I assume) the DATA step will be avoided...
>
Yes, this is all true.
Regards,
Howie
> Thanks again,
>
> Brett
> B)
>
>
> Howie Hamlin wrote:
>
> > Click on the security tab in the configuration - in there you can add one or more
>rbl servers. There are details in the manual
but
> > let me know if you have specific questions.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Howie
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brett Payne-Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [iMS] Fw: ORBZ Relay Test
> >
> >
> >
> >>How do I setup iMS to use these 'blacklist' services?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>Brett
> >>B)
> >>
> >>Howie Hamlin wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>These sites attempt to relay mail trhough your server using various methods. If
>theey receive the mail then you fail the test
> >>>
> > but
> >
> >>>if they never receive it then you pass. By default the original FusionMail
>package passed all relay tests so unless you've
> >>>
> > allowed
> >
> >>>relay then I wouldn't worry about getting probes.
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>Howie
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: "Tac/Smokescreen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:16 AM
> >>>Subject: [iMS] Fw: ORBZ Relay Test
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I got several of these this morning. What do they mean? Orbz publishes
> >>>>lists of Open Relays for spammers to use, what do I need to do to block that
> >>>>
> >>>>from happening?
> >>>
> >>>>Tac
> >>>>
> >>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>From: "ORBZ Tester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>To: "ORBZ Relay Accepter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:24 AM
> >>>>Subject: ORBZ Relay Test
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>This is a test message from the ORBZ service.
> >>>>>We are checking your mail server for open relay
> >>>>>capabilities. Please see http://orbz.org/ for
> >>>>>more information.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>This test is using the following settings:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>OOOsvFhNEgOzqzAKe2Jqv3Z7uRkQJkopJ6Q
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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