Re: [spamdyke-users] 100% CPU utilization and "stuck" spamdyke processes (4.2.0)

2011-10-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
This problem seems to exist really, I've it too 8-( I'm sure there is no error within the setup or the configuration. But - I found a really interesting thing: This problems seems only to occur if 'reject-empty-rdns' is disabled. If reject-empty-rdns is enabled, all seems to be fine. Play

[spamdyke-users] Question about Greylisting and deleting Zero-Length-Entries

2011-10-10 Thread Lutz Petersen
7;qtp-prune-graylist' script to delete zero length files instead of graylist-max-secs= time after 24h. Is there any argument not to do this ? Lutz Petersen ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users

[spamdyke-users] rbl rejection text

2011-12-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
I'm in trouble understanding what happens when spamdyke detects an rbl match and how it generates the error message that is sending back to the blocked client. The configuration is simple: dns-blacklist-entry=one.rbl.here There is no 'rejection-text-dns-blacklist' defined, so it should do the

Re: [spamdyke-users] whitelist_senders file format

2011-12-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
> > Hi there. what is the correct format for the whitelist_senders file? > > I want to whitelist an entire domain with a borked DNS in the whitelist.. > > Do I do > > *@abc.com > > or just > > abc.com Both in whitelist as in blacklist you can only do 2 kinds of entries, full email-addre

Re: [spamdyke-users] pattern matching for whitelist_senders

2011-12-09 Thread Lutz Petersen
> Can I write something like: shiptrade*@mobileemail.vodafone.gr and > hope that it gets understood to mean shiptrade1, shiptrade2, etc? No, see: http://www.mail-archive.com/spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org/msg03284.html ___ spamdyke-users mailing lis

Re: [spamdyke-users] rbl rejection text

2011-12-09 Thread Lutz Petersen
> spamdyke will use the one that arrives first Aah, you're right, thanks a lot! You don't believe how long I debugged all the rbl setup etc. - and the reason is so simple.. So, I changed the setup (spamdyke.conf) to this: ## only query txt-records, reducing dns-load as a side-effect: dns-query

Re: [spamdyke-users] Watching Log Question

2011-12-18 Thread Lutz Petersen
rg/documentation/README.html#LOG The answer2: put following in your spamdyke.conf: # log-level=info# production.. log-level=verbose # debugging.. Lutz Petersen ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@s

[spamdyke-users] My Santa Claus single wish

2011-12-23 Thread Lutz Petersen
I would have a simple (!?) wish modifying rulesets. Espacially the rulesets for example this: ip-in-rdns-keyword-blacklist-entry=.accesskenya.com This normally matches any rdns within *.accesskenya.com that contains the ip address, a very effective feature. Now I would like this feature, but _

Re: [spamdyke-users] My Santa Claus single wish

2011-12-24 Thread Lutz Petersen
Sam, that works fine, thank you. I told Santa Claus he shouldn't forget to visit you,, ;) ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users

Re: [spamdyke-users] junkemailfilter.com

2012-01-06 Thread Lutz Petersen
> Has anyone here used junkemailfilter.com's DNS blacklist You may use these in spamassassin. Using them in spamdyke you have the problem that the zones contains different return-codes within a zone. As I believe there is no option in spamdyke to limit rbl or rwl etc. lookups to a specific return

[spamdyke-users] Pipe char in Sender-Address

2012-06-09 Thread Lutz Petersen
Hi, in the last days I see a huge amount of spam mails with a leading Pipe-Char ^| in the senders address. Is there a simple way to block those sender addresses within spamdyke ? Lutz ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http:/

Re: [spamdyke-users] Pipe char in Sender-Address

2012-06-10 Thread Lutz Petersen
> I'm not sure how easily spamdyke can do it, but qmail can: > # echo "^|" >> /var/qmail/control/badmailfrom Ah, just so simple - thanks.. ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-use

Re: [spamdyke-users] Relaying - documentation clarification

2012-07-28 Thread Lutz Petersen
> Just to repeat my position, I think for consistency and security's sake, > whitelisted connections should have no effect on relaying. I agree. And that is the reason why it is _always_ a good idea to have different servers - those who takes mail from extern sites, and those that are used by u

[spamdyke-users] Problems with spamdyke recipient blacklist

2012-07-29 Thread Lutz Petersen
very day) was to add this single recipient address not in spamdyke but in qmail's badmailfrom file. Lutz Petersen ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users

Re: [spamdyke-users] Problems with spamdyke recipient blacklist

2012-07-31 Thread Lutz Petersen
Believe me, there are good reasons to use whitelists within spamdyke on bigger installations. Not because I'ld like yahuh, hotfail or so. In the last time I see a trend that more and more spam seems to be send out via mailservers from well known carriers/isps. The botnet driven sites mainly go dir

Re: [spamdyke-users] Problems with spamdyke recipient blacklist

2012-08-01 Thread Lutz Petersen
> If there is a "sender-blacklist-always" option, there should be > a "sender-whitelist-always" option as well. If they both exist, > which one takes priority? Right, I understand the problem.. I now made a solution with entries in qmails badmailfrom, we use a qmail version with these additions

Re: [spamdyke-users] Sender domain matching recipient domain

2012-09-06 Thread Lutz Petersen
> There is already a way to block identical sender and recipients with > spamdyke. I think it would also be fine to have this for the domain part: > Deny if from: x...@domain.tld to: a...@domain.tld Be careful with all these. We ran into trouble because customer mails became blocked. Those wher

Re: [spamdyke-users] Sender domain matching recipient domain

2012-09-06 Thread Lutz Petersen
> > Be careful with all these. We ran into trouble because customer mails > > became blocked. Those where mails from external employees that send out > > their mail elsewhere (with ..@customer.tld). And there where a lot of > > similar cases so that we had to disable those rules. > > Well, it sho

Re: [spamdyke-users] Sender domain matching recipient domain

2012-09-06 Thread Lutz Petersen
> So you are trying to say it's ok if your customers use random **SMTP servers > outside** as relays and you allow such mails in? What I first noticed was a simple warning if using this feature there can be circumstances that gives trouble. Not more, not less. Anyone decide for himself which opti

Re: [spamdyke-users] Sender domain matching recipient domain

2012-09-06 Thread Lutz Petersen
> I still not get what you are talking here. If you set spamdyke to reject > mail with same sender and receipient domain and your users do auth > prior sending then they will bypass this filter while forged mails > would be dropped. No problems at all. Such only would work if you have a single ma

Re: [spamdyke-users] Sender domain matching recipient domain

2012-09-06 Thread Lutz Petersen
I didn't wished to make a philosophical discussion, just my 4 cents ;-) Over all I believe that same sender<>recipient always isn't such a great problem. Most of those mails will be catched before by other filter mechanisms. Those which left are not really much. There are other things that hurry

[spamdyke-users] RBL match, but mail passed (?)

2012-10-16 Thread Lutz Petersen
Today I see a curious thing: Oct 16 23:23:27 FILTER_RBL_MATCH ip: 109.251.217.146 rbl: cbl.abuseat.org Oct 16 23:23:29 ALLOWED from: aalto.jacksonwv...@douglas.de to: x...@xx.xx origin_ip: 109.251.217.146 origin_rdns: 109.251.217.146.freenet.com.ua As one can see, the ip was matched in an rbl (

Re: [spamdyke-users] RBL match, but mail passed (?)

2012-10-16 Thread Lutz Petersen
Self-Answer: > Oct 16 23:23:27 FILTER_RBL_MATCH ip: 109.251.217.146 rbl: cbl.abuseat.org > Oct 16 23:23:29 ALLOWED from: aalto.jacksonwv...@douglas.de to: x...@xx.xx > origin_ip: 109.251.217.146 origin_rdns: 109.251.217.146.freenet.com.ua Because of an actual spamrun I had an entry for @douglas

Re: [spamdyke-users] RBL match, but mail passed (?)

2012-10-16 Thread Lutz Petersen
Solved: > > Oct 16 23:23:27 FILTER_RBL_MATCH ip: 109.251.217.146 rbl: cbl.abuseat.org > > Oct 16 23:23:29 ALLOWED from: aalto.jacksonwv...@douglas.de to: x...@xx.xx > > origin_ip: 109.251.217.146 origin_rdns: 109.251.217.146.freenet.com.ua Name was within a whitelist, oh man 8-( __

Re: [spamdyke-users] Blocking mails with headers containing multiple addresses in From:

2012-12-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
> From: "Foo, Joe" There seems nothing illegal with this. Why should one block those standard EMail Header ? ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users

Re: [spamdyke-users] query, wich is format file whitelist_ip ?

2013-01-31 Thread Lutz Petersen
> Hello friends, I want to include a segment on my whitelist ip but do > not know which format to use, > this is valid? > 192.168.1.0/20 The format ist valid. The ip/mask ist impossible.. ;-) ip-whitelist-entry=192.168.1.0/24 ___ spamdyke-users mailin

Re: [spamdyke-users] header-blacklist-file does not work

2013-02-02 Thread Lutz Petersen
If the connection is not whitelisted - would it be possible that this multiline From: may be a problem ? Header-Blacklist-Entry: From:*>,*<* Mail-Header: From: , , , Only an idea.. ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-us

Re: [spamdyke-users] Blocking DHCP addresses

2013-02-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
> 74-142-212-17.dhcp.insightbb.com Simply not all reverse dns hostnames that contain the keyword dhcp are dynamic ips. ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users

Re: [spamdyke-users] Blocking DHCP addresses

2013-02-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
eed some short time to detect emitting spam ips it is not worth to create filters that gives you al lot of false positives. Lutz Petersen ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users

Re: [spamdyke-users] SMTP-AUTH and filters

2013-04-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
> What sort of restriction(s) would you like to see for authenticated > submissions? You might look into eMPF for these types of needs (policy > restrictions). Really simpel: To be safe we in general don't allow clients to access if the ip is listed at spamhaus sbl-xbl. This had good effects.

Re: [spamdyke-users] SMTP-AUTH and filters

2013-04-09 Thread Lutz Petersen
> But I was going to post about this too. I also would love the *option* to > enable filters even if there's authentication. May be it's simple: spamdyke sits in front of all and does authentification in your case. Shouldn't it be possible to insert the classic rblsmtpd between spamdyke and den s

Re: [spamdyke-users] Duplicate "ALLOWED from" log entries

2013-05-23 Thread Lutz Petersen
nts=15 And you'll get off those defect hosts.. Lutz Petersen ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users

Re: [spamdyke-users] Blocking @ru

2013-06-16 Thread Lutz Petersen
Blocking a TLD makes no sense. Usually it should be the best practice simply using the main blacklists - even if Russians have a bad reputation in public it's not true that they are spamming more than other countries - some of well reputated countries in the western hemisphere are much more spamv

[spamdyke-users] Check order is not as documented

2013-07-28 Thread Lutz Petersen
I'm irritated about a lot of 'DENIED_OTHER' (no mailbox) or 'HEADER_BLACKLISTED' logfile messages for IPs that are clearly listed in RBL's. It seems that the check order should be changed in this way: - (rdns..) - rbl - and _after_ that things like header_blacklist or no_mailbox Lutz _

Re: [spamdyke-users] Spam getting past "ip-in-rdns-keyword-blacklist-file"?

2013-08-10 Thread Lutz Petersen
> Aug 10 08:18:38 C2Q_Q9400 spamdyke[64027]: ALLOWED from: (unknown) to: > [myemailaddress] origin_ip: 5.248.89.179 \ > origin_rdns: 5-248-89-179-broadband.kyivstar.net auth: (unknown) Simply use the standard Blacklists. This IP (all ..broadband.kyivstar.net) ist blacklisted by Spamcop, CBL

Re: [spamdyke-users] Spam getting past "ip-in-rdns-keyword-blacklist-file"?

2013-08-10 Thread Lutz Petersen
Sorry - was too fast. Here is what you need to add in your spamdyke.conf: dns-blacklist-entry=bl.spamcop.net dns-blacklist-entry=zen.spamhaus.org dns-blacklist-entry=bl.mailspike.net ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org htt

Re: [spamdyke-users] This one got by spamdyke...

2013-08-11 Thread Lutz Petersen
> Now I'm really puzzled... Forget this. Simply configure the dns blacklists as posted; you don't nead any rdns blacklist entries in Spamdyke.. ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spa

Re: [spamdyke-users] hunter seeker filters

2013-08-13 Thread Lutz Petersen
> I suppose the cleverest thing would be for someone to host an RHSBL based on > results from the script Sam - that should be no problem, we could do this. Data should be an ascii file in rhsbl formt. Feel free to contact me directly.. ___ spamdyke-

[spamdyke-users] Effective small Header Filter Rule

2013-09-28 Thread Lutz Petersen
Spamdyke Rule in the Header Blacklist Session: Subject: *FW_ hi* Subject: *FW: hi* Lutz Petersen ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users

Re: [spamdyke-users] Excluding some IPs from RBL checks?

2013-10-16 Thread Lutz Petersen
link.org This list is free as the dnswl list. Lutz Petersen ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users

Re: [spamdyke-users] Reducing hard disk usage

2013-10-31 Thread Lutz Petersen
ls.. If rebooting one of these Servers there are init Scripts that copy 1:1 all Files, empty Queues and so on from a Master at a Harddisk to the Ramdisk. Lutz Petersen ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/

Re: [spamdyke-users] Basic script writing help please

2013-12-06 Thread Lutz Petersen
We use a Script that contains this (using QMail and Spamdyke): tail -f */spamdyke |\ sed -u '/^$/d'|\ sed -u '/TIMEOUT/d'|\ sed -u '/RDNS_MISS/d'|\ sed -u '/==$/d'|\ sed -u '/ERROR/d'|\ sed -u '/FILTER/d'|\ sed -u 's/^.*\]: //'|\

Re: [spamdyke-users] Outbound spam prevention

2013-12-10 Thread Lutz Petersen
We do not (but whish) scan customer mails for Spam. But all Mails are scanned againt Virus with ClamAV during Customers SMTP Session. This has nearly no Overhaed. Because we have customer servers different from those that send out mails to the internet I thougt to install spamdyke on these - bu

Re: [spamdyke-users] RBLs

2014-03-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
> My list consists of > > b.barracudacentral.org > zen.spamhause.org Barracuda is not a relevant Blacklist. The most serious in (in this Order) are: zen.spamhaus.org bl.spamcop.net bl.mailspike.net ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@

Re: [spamdyke-users] RBLs

2014-03-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
Again - do not use barracudacentral.org ! Instead make this spamdyke.conf Settings: dns-blacklist-entry=zen.spamhaus.org dns-blacklist-entry=bl.spamcop.net dns-blacklist-entry=bl.mailspike.net rhs-blacklist-entry=dbl.spamhaus.org reject-empty-rdns _

Re: [spamdyke-users] RBLs

2014-03-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
> What is wrong with barracuda? You said it isn't "relevant". What > does that mean? The barracuda list is not maintained as the other lists. Beware - ist needs _huge_ manpower to produce good lists. Spamhaus and Spamcop have worldwide offices working 24/7. Barracuda not; the only usage of

Re: [spamdyke-users] RBLs

2014-03-08 Thread Lutz Petersen
> Funny, based on my own empirical evidence, Barracuda Central's DNSBL > yields the best results. 99% of this Hits are false positives: > 6956 81.35% b.barracudacentral.org You are talking simply nonsense ! ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyk

Re: [spamdyke-users] RBLs

2014-03-09 Thread Lutz Petersen
> Again - do not use barracudacentral.org ! > Instead make this spamdyke.conf Settings: > dns-blacklist-entry=zen.spamhaus.org > dns-blacklist-entry=bl.spamcop.net > dns-blacklist-entry=bl.mailspike.net > rhs-blacklist-entry=dbl.spamhaus.org A good result of the configurations would look like t

[spamdyke-users] Mails with Wildcard Recipient

2014-03-21 Thread Lutz Petersen
Hi, today we got some astonishing Mails - such Recipients: *@domain.tld Does anyone know how to prevent this ? Lutz Petersen ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users