>-----Original Message----- >From: Kang , Joseph S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:38 PM >To: Spamassassin-Talk (E-mail) >Subject: RE: [sort of OT] Sendmail and RBLs > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Fawcett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 1:53 PM >> To: Spamassassin-Talk (E-mail) >> Subject: Re: [sort of OT] Sendmail and RBLs >> >> >> From: "Chris Santerre" >> > Well there is no Sendmail list that I know of, so you guys are the >> > next >> best >> > source. I just realized today that sendmail is checking >> RBLs _BEFORE_ >> > checking to see if the user is legit. OUCH! >> > >> > Seems like quite a waste of time. Is this because of delay_checks >> > being enabled? >> > >> > IF this is in the Oreily book, I'm sorry for asking. I've >only read >> > 1/4 of it, and well, SARE started :) Kind of took up my >> reading time. >> > > >Chris, delay_checks on or off doesn't matter. I used RBLs in >SENDMAIL with >delay_checks off. > >I think it's working as designed. If the message is in an RBL >drop it. No >point in seeing if it's for a valid user or not. I mean, >that's the point >of the RBL. Save a step before attempting delivery. Non? > >-Joe K
Now that I think about received IP vs when the FROM info arrives yes. But I had a lapse in remembering that. I was assuming that a local lookup of a user is faster then multiple net lookups of IPs. --Chris
