> 2) What the heck is SENDMAIL doing checking BLs anyway. That is a job > for filters. (See item 1 - I suspect item 1 is mostly the case > except for large ISPs. I get around 200 spam per day, a wee less > now that what's his dork is in prison. If Loren and I handled our > own SendMail we'd see 100:1 bad addressees compared to bad BL, > I suspect.)
Um... The ability to use DNS RBL checks have been in sendmail for quite some time now. If you don't agree with it, take it up with the sendmail developers. It's one more option that sendmail has to cut down on spamming. It's up to the administrator and his/her philosophy as to whether or not to use RBL checks in from sendmail. It's not enabled by default. Nor is there a default list of RBLs to check. The administrator has to set that all up by hand. Personally, I find it easier to drop a message from a server listed in an RBL prior to attempting delivery than doing so after delivery (for those us who aren't using a milter). Obviously, dropping messages at the MTA via RBL has its own hazards... > What about if you want to use the BL as a "score" rather than a "dump on sight?" That's the administrator's prerogative. PERSONALLY, I prefer to dump on sight. :) Cuts down on a ridiculous amount of e-mail and cuts down on the amount of junk that gets passed on to our MS Exchange server. -Joe K.
