[Mimedefang] RBL's
Kevin A. McGrail
kmcgrail at pccc.com
Mon May 17 21:37:29 EDT 2004
Agreed. RBLs in outright blocking mode will cause ludicrously high False
Positives (depending on your choice of RBLs--some are much much much much
worse than others).
Assigning a score based on each RBLs individual credibility or using them in
conjunction with additive combo rules is the only way to use an RBL.
Regards,
KAM
> >>Also should i just use a sendmail dnsbl, or let Spamassassin do the
dnsbl
> >>queries? There are advantages and disadvantages either way. Where in
> >>Spammassin can i disable all the public RBL's but only leave access to
my
> >>local RBL?
>
> I'll take SA for RBLs any day over Sendmail, especially for
> high-collateral-damage RBLs like the Spamhaus list. Being able to
> assign a score rather than blocking outright is, IMHO, the only sane way
> to use RBLs.
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