Re: rbl's status?
On 14 Jun 2004, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 07:46:15PM +0300, Vassilii Khachaturov wrote:
>>> What are the recommended rbl's these days?
>>
>> Best thing is ask on NANAE or exim-users or whatever your favourite MTA is.
>> Here's what I am using here RBL-wise:
>>
>> rbl_domains = bl.spamcop.net/reject :
>> relays.osirusoft.com/reject :spamhaus.relays.osirusoft.com/reject :
>> sbl.spamhaus.org/reject
>
> You do realize that the osirusoft blacklists are defunct and have been
> for several months, right? Basing your decision of whether or not to
> accept mail from a given host based on an answer from a defunct
> blacklist is probably not a good idea.
This sort of thing is why I would rather use any RBL within
SpamAssassin, rather than at SMTP delivery time. Even if one of these
services goes completely belly up and blacklists the world, I don't
automatically lose mail from it.
Also, for Vassilii - you use the SpamCop blacklists. That is something
that I would be very nervous of. They have some pretty liberal policies
about what they accept, and their automatic tools are not that great at
filtering out innocent parties...
Daniel
--
You come for me now with a cake that you've made
Ravaged avenger with a clip in your hair
Full of glass and bleach and my old razorblades
Oh, where do we go now but nowhere
-- Nick Cave, _Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?_
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