deeann mikula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 28 March 2000 at 15:54:41 -0500
>
> hi there,
>
> i know this topic has been beat to death on this list, but i am
> currently entertaining the idea of using paul vixeys realtime
> blacklist. i'm sure that old-time-listees have had enough of this
> conversation, in addition to be a little off topic. (sawry)
Since Dan supplies a program (rblsmtpd) for interfacing with such
lists, maybe we can squeeze it in as very nearly on-topic :-)
> if anyone has any pros or cons that they would like to pass along to
> me in private email, i would really appreciate it. (especially if you
> wouldn't mind me quizzing you a little, too.)
I'm currently using the RBL, RSS, and DUL, quite happily. I still get
considerable spam, and am not blocking *that* many sites, but I try to
do my part to give those lists some weight, so that being on them is
BAD. I've seen a number of places, including the University of
Minnesota, and Panix (big New York ISP), suddenly jump up and start
fixing stuff they "couldn't fix" when they finally made it onto the
RBL :-) .
I have sometimes found it necessary to punch a hole to allow mail to
come through from someplace on one of the lists (most recently, it was
to make sure that the head of publications for a convention I host
stuff for could communicate with others to get the program book put
together). This is easy to do by adding entries to your tcpserver
cdb file, like this:
# mail relay for home.net for xxxx xxxxx 3/27/2000
24.2.9.40:allow,RBLSMTPD=""
By setting that variable to an empty string, it prevents blocking.
It's harmless if that IP isn't on the blocking list. (I xx'd out the
name of the person this is for).
Happy to answer any questions I know the answers to; off-list might be
better, unless others want to make sure I'm feeding you good data :-) .
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