Agreed.  RBLs in outright blocking mode will cause ludicrously high False
Positives (depending on your choice of RBLs--some are much much much much
worse than others).

Assigning a score based on each RBLs individual credibility or using them in
conjunction with additive combo rules is the only way to use an RBL.

Regards,
KAM

> >>Also should i just use a sendmail dnsbl, or let Spamassassin do the
dnsbl
> >>queries?  There are advantages and disadvantages either way.  Where in
> >>Spammassin can i disable all the public RBL's but only leave access to
my
> >>local RBL?
>
> I'll take SA for RBLs any day over Sendmail, especially for
> high-collateral-damage RBLs like the Spamhaus list.  Being able to
> assign a score rather than blocking outright is, IMHO, the only sane way
> to use RBLs.

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