> Adi Pircalabu wrote: >> On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:33:53 +1000 Quey wrote: >> >> >>> dnsbl.sorbs.net >>> bl.spamcop.net >>> >> >> Don't use these to reject connections at SMTP level, they give many >> false-positives. Eventually use them only after queueing, and only to >> increase the spam score. >> zen.spamhaus.org and list.dsbl.org, au contraire, are much better >> choices for rblsmtpd. >> >> My 0,02RON >> >> > each to our own, I dont consider they give many false positives at all, > not in this part of the world, but of course it may be different for > where you are, however even with the acceptable FP's they *may* give, > the massive reduction in spam makes it completely worth it. > The more they hit there, the less work MailScanner has to do, it can use > system resources just to scan for viruses and phishing and of course > whatever spam it detects that get past the RBL's :-) > > A good thing to do as well which also dramatically reduces spam, is > enforce DNS forward and reverse, if someone can't be bothered making > sure their mail server is RFC compliant, then I am under no obligation > to allow my servers to accept connections from them. > > > > > >
My thanks to everyone who contributed! I'm on zen.spamhaus.org now! Noticed at least some increase in stopped connections at smtpd! A good thing, in my review. I'll research FPs for downside. Thanks! !DSPAM:47a381a0310549759113929!
