From Warren Michelsen, received 28/1/02, 8:43 am -0700 (GMT): > When making an entry in the rbl servers list, we can also, add a > rejection message. An entry looks like this: > > rbl.host.name "Some text explaining the message" > > An example is: > > spamhaus.relays.osirusoft.com "Please see > <http://relays.osirusoft.com/> for information" > > The question I have is this: Only the first 63 characters of the > rejection message (the quoted text) shows up in the log when mail > is rejected. Does the entire rejection message get sent to the > sending host -- or only the first 63 characters?
That's just in the log for brevity, in fact the whole string goes out. However you can shorten it a bit more: You don't need "please" or the "<>" since the URL is very short anyway, or the "/". Also, for spamhaus.relays.osirusoft.com you can now instead use the zone sbl.spamhaus.org which is the same thing but works faster than spamhaus.relays.osirusoft.com (spamhaus.relays.osirusoft.com actually gets all its data from sbl.spamhaus.org, but an hour or two later) > I've found that a lengthier message is needed to try and clarify > which server is rejecting which. People whose mail was rejected > typically thought that my SIMS server was blacklisted. So, I made > my rejection messages a bit longer so as to clarify which server > was blacklisted. Yes, best is to say "The mail server you are SENDING FROM is listed on..." that seems to work very well, and the caps make the point it's their server not yours. -- Steve Linford Ultradesign Xtreme Network http://www.uxn.com ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
