Re: Spamassasin over RBL, was Re: rblsmtpd -t?]

[Glenn Hocking <glenn@publishmedia.com>]

I would love for it to work but I spent a couple of days tracking down why
some email (to do with payroll so was very important) was being bounced.

Turned out to be spamcop. As soon as I removed the rbl from my sendmail config
the mail started flowing again.

Problem seems to be that GE and Pizza Hut (and others)  send out spam themselves
so end up on the lists.

Seems that one persons advertising email is another persons spam.....

Best regards
Glenn Hocking
Publish Media Pty Ltd

http://www.sitegeneral.com



Jason Lim wrote:
> Hi Glenn,
>
> Strange, as Spamcop only blocks IPs if they are actually found to be
> spamming, with an example spam included. And I think spamcop removes older
> entries every 24 hour or 48 hours or something like that.
>
> So unless someone was spamming from Pizza Hut and/or GE recently, I can't
> see how they could be added. Personally I don't like those lists that just
> block mail from IPs they don't like, even if there is no spam coming from
> them. Thats why I like spamcop... only blocks when real spam comes
> through.
>
> Do you know if actual spam is being sent from GE and Pizzahut?
>
> Sincerely,
> Jason
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glenn Hocking" <glenn@publishmedia.com>
> To: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 7:58 PM
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> ject: [Fwd: Re: Spamassasin over RBL, was Re: rblsmtpd -t?]
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>
> > I've found that spamcop blocks email from both GE (General Electric) and
> > Pizza Hut mail servers which clients of mine need to receive.
> >
> > I've found that no matter what RBL list I use there is always legitimate
> > mail being blocked and therefore useless for me as an global email
> > service provider.
> >
> > I would be very interested in any RBL lists that don't block legit
> > email, but can't see how this can be done with a 100% success rate.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Glenn Hocking
> > Publish Media Pty Ltd
> >
> > http://www.sitegeneral.com
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
> >
> >
> > > The only RBL a business should really use is the Spamcop.net RBL,
> > >       
> >       
> because
> > > is blocks only when actual spam occurs, and not just blocks "all of
> > >           
> >           
> Asia"
> > > as some other RBLs do. I'm not going to get into the whole RBL
> > >               
> >               
> comparison
> > > thing, but just wanted to point out the "collateral damage" point.
> > >                   
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