https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6142





--- Comment #2 from AXB <[email protected]>  2009-07-01 02:35:10 PST ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> We've enabled skip_rbl_checks on a low volume email filtering box running
> SpamAssassin, assuming this would skip all DNSBL checks. We suddenly received 
> a
> warning email from URIBL that we would be blocked if we would continue to 
> query
> their list, and that we're required to pay for a datafeed. SURBL also recently
> indicated they're going to become strict on policies and will start pushing
> their commercial datafeed. We can easily disable the URIBL/SURBL queries now 
> we
> are aware of them of course, but it really seems like a bug that they're
> queried at all.

neither SURBL nor URIBL.COM are commercial services. As with Spamhaus, if you
are a heavy traffic and/or commercial site you should get a datafeed as you are
obviously abusing donated resources. This permits the BLs continue offering a
free service to the smaller, low traffic sites.

Why should anybody donate his time/bandwidth/cpu cycles so you can "sell the
queries" for your spam filtering service?
Its only fair you share the costs incurred in running BLs or run your own.


> I've read in the various discussions that this behavior is on purpose, however
> I don't think the opensource SpamAssassin product should be used as a 
> marketing
> vehicle for such commercial projects, and would at least expect 
> skip_rbl_checks
> to skip the rbl checks.


You can disable whatever BLs you require by setting the score to 0

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