Yeah, MAPS is now non-free. However it looks like individuals can still get a free subscription. See:
http://mail-abuse.org/feestructure.html -- Rod http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ On Friday 14 December 2001 12:46 am, Matt Roper wrote: > I did a fresh install of Debian on my laptop the other day and > noticed that it no longer asks about the RBL when Exim is setup. > According to /usr/share/doc/exim/changelog.Debian.gz, it appears > that RBL no longer works: > > * debian/config: remove RBL questions (as ORBS no longer exists, > and MAPS now charges); include a comment about RBL instead (Closes: > #104524) > > Matt > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 11:32:02PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > dear lugod, > > > > when i installed debian and configured exim, i was under the > > impression that exim was configured to reject any email from an IP > > address listed in the maps rbl database. > > > > this evening i was reading the map-rbl site, and came across: > > > > Testing Your RBLSM Configuration > > Russell Nelson has put together an auto-responder that you may > > use to test your RBLSM implementation. His instructions are: > > > > Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the server whose > > RBLSM block you are testing. Expect one reply from ns.crynwr.com > > with the SMTP conversation. If you get another reply from > > linux.crynwr.com, your RBLSM filter is broken. > > > > i followed the instructions and apparently, i'm still getting mail > > from blacklisted addresses -- the 2nd email from linux.crynwr.com > > arrived. > > > > next, i looked at exim.conf: > > > > # Exim contains support for the Realtime Blocking List (RBL) that > > is being # maintained as part of the DNS. See > > http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for # background. Uncommenting the > > following line will make Exim reject mail # from any host whose IP > > address is blacklisted in the RBL at maps.vix.com. > > > > rbl_domains = rbl.maps.vix.com > > rbl_reject_recipients = true > > rbl_warn_header = false > > > > this looks good to me. can someone guess why i'm still getting > > email that should be rejected by the rbl database? > > > > thanks! > > pete _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
