None by themselves. This email details the best combination for immediate deletion from what I have seen posted, though it must hit 3 blacklists to trigger:
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Van Hefner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:45 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Other Spam options > RMilner, > > I was not trying to grandstand, just to help and pass along my personal > experience with how well the product works. It's not like I am doing any of > the actual work on these RBLs. I am extremely grateful that these things > exist. I DID spend hundreds of hours checking over tagged messages for false > positives by hand though. I listed some of the lists in my previous post. > Will try attaching a copy of my spamblkm.txt file with this message. In case > that doesn't come through correctly though, below are the ones that I > personally use. > > sbl.spamhaus.org > bl.spamcop.net > relays.ordb.org > spam.dnsrbl.net > dnsbl.njabl.org > dnsbl.sorbs.net > proxies.relays.monkeys.com > antispam.or.id > spews.bl.reynolds.net.au > inflow.blackholes.us > msgid.bl.gweep.ca > chinanet.blackholes.us > > I came to choose these by going to http://www.moensted.dk/spam/ and checking > the individual websites of each of the lists that I chose for info on what > they actually list. I also had Osirus on my list, until last week. They were > a pretty good blacklist, and will definitely be missed. I think that my key > approach towards choosing blacklists is to never go with one that lists > entire, large ISPs (like five-ten does) or to add ones that simply duplicate > what another list is doing. For example, if I had two separate blacklists of > nothing but the same open proxies, that would throw things off. Each of > these lists is unique in its own way, and that is what has allowed me to > strike a good enough balance in order to trust the "three strikes, and > you're deleted" rule. > > Other people's needs will definitely be different than mine. The amount of > mail going through my servers is relatively small compared to most others as > well. Only several thousand each day. I do believe that anyone can benefit > from finding the right mix of lists for THEIR particular situation though, > and experimenting on how many RBL "hits" it takes until you can safely > delete. I have never had a false positive on my own server that matched > three of the above servers. In fact, for the past two weeks of monitoring I > have not gotten any false positives with even TWO lists (except when Osirus > kept listing EVERYTHING as being blacklisted!). I am sticking with three for > most of my clients though. Some are even at four. Everyone can find some > middle ground to compromise at though, and if chosen correctly, you would > have a very difficult time getting legit e-mail caught by FOUR different > lists. > > Your mileage may vary. I am extremely pleased with the results I have gotten > though. Again, the credit should go to the people who run these lists and > Ipswitch for (finally) implementing this valuable feature. It does take a > lot of work to strike the right balance, but it is worth it in my opinion. > > One last WARNING!!! DO NOT ADD chinanet.blackholes.us IF YOU EXPECT TO > RECEIVE -ANY- LEGITIMATE E-MAILS FROM MAINLAND CHINA!!! Personally, I don't. > Honk Kong, maybe. They are not on this list though, as all e-mail addresses > there end in .hk, not .cn. > > > William Van Hefner > System Administrator > TheDigest.Com/TelCompare.Com > > > -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Biddle Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMail Forum] Which are okay for Trusted Blacklists Which lists are okay for trusted blacklists (immediate deletion) To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
