Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-07-02 Thread Blu
> you are receiving a message and you start callback to the mx if he passes > the rcpt test, but - the mx starts callback to you if you pass... [...] Actually that's not the case. The callback is done with MAIL FROM:<> Blu.

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-07-02 Thread Blu
> you are receiving a message and you start callback to the mx if he passes > the rcpt test, but - the mx starts callback to you if you pass... [...] Actually that's not the case. The callback is done with MAIL FROM:<> Blu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: How to prevent being a 'bouncer' of evil mail?

2004-06-25 Thread Blu
r? I do that. A call forward to the next server in the chain to verify the recipient before accepting the mail from the sender. I use Exim though. It even caches the recipient verification results to avoid unnecesary traffic. I don't know if it is that easy with postfix, but surely it is doable. Blu.

Re: How to prevent being a 'bouncer' of evil mail?

2004-06-25 Thread Blu
r? I do that. A call forward to the next server in the chain to verify the recipient before accepting the mail from the sender. I use Exim though. It even caches the recipient verification results to avoid unnecesary traffic. I don't know if it is that easy with postfix, but surely it is doable. Blu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-23 Thread Blu
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:01:24PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:23, Blu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well yes. Maybe I oversimplified. What I do is a callback to the MX of > > the envelope sender to see if it accepts mail to him/her. If not, the >

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-23 Thread Blu
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:01:24PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:23, Blu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well yes. Maybe I oversimplified. What I do is a callback to the MX of > > the envelope sender to see if it accepts mail to him/her. If not, the >

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-23 Thread Blu
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:26:49AM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > On Wednesday 23 June 2004 09.51, Blu wrote: > > > I run a number of public service servers and in the past, from the > > perspective of an user of a server which blocks mail f

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-23 Thread Blu
hats another > story... Well yes. Maybe I oversimplified. What I do is a callback to the MX of the envelope sender to see if it accepts mail to him/her. If not, the mail is rejected with an explicative 550. Blu.

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-23 Thread Blu
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 08:32:17AM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > On Wednesday 23 June 2004 03.27, Blu wrote: > > > > In my server, my policy is to reject mail from hosts which are > > > > blocking me. > > > [...] blocking mai

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-23 Thread Blu
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:26:49AM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > On Wednesday 23 June 2004 09.51, Blu wrote: > > > I run a number of public service servers and in the past, from the > > perspective of an user of a server which blocks mail from mi

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-23 Thread Blu
hats another > story... Well yes. Maybe I oversimplified. What I do is a callback to the MX of the envelope sender to see if it accepts mail to him/her. If not, the mail is rejected with an explicative 550. Blu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-23 Thread Blu
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 08:32:17AM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > On Wednesday 23 June 2004 03.27, Blu wrote: > > > > In my server, my policy is to reject mail from hosts which are > > > > blocking me. > > > [...] blocking mai

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-22 Thread Blu
o so. Thanks for the compliment. In fact, blocking mail which cannot be answered blocks a lot of forged sender spam too, something like 80% here, being conservative. Blu.

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-22 Thread Blu
s a bounce with a 550 explaining that their ISP is blocking legitimate email from us. A lot of customers are not even aware of the fact that their ISP is blocking legitimate email at their backs. I have been able to white list my server in a number servers without moving a finger, just angry users calling customer service. Blu.

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-22 Thread Blu
o so. Thanks for the compliment. In fact, blocking mail which cannot be answered blocks a lot of forged sender spam too, something like 80% here, being conservative. Blu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-22 Thread Blu
s a bounce with a 550 explaining that their ISP is blocking legitimate email from us. A lot of customers are not even aware of the fact that their ISP is blocking legitimate email at their backs. I have been able to white list my server in a number servers without moving a finger, just angry user

Re: Why doesn't Exim ever clean out /var/spool/exim/input?

2004-01-29 Thread Blu
> > no, postfix beats it. > > qmail WAS the fastest several years ago. then postfix arrived. I use qmail, and the other big problem with it is, AFAIK, that it accepts a message before checking if it has to be bounced. With forged return email addresses one get a lot of bounced bounces. Very annoying. Blu.

Re: Why doesn't Exim ever clean out /var/spool/exim/input?

2004-01-29 Thread Blu
> > no, postfix beats it. > > qmail WAS the fastest several years ago. then postfix arrived. I use qmail, and the other big problem with it is, AFAIK, that it accepts a message before checking if it has to be bounced. With forged return email addresses one get a lot of bounced bounces. Very

Re: Weird Reboots

2003-07-20 Thread Blu
side, it could be a hardware problem too, memory being the principal suspect. Blu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gFTP problems?

2003-07-05 Thread Blu
20 is blocked, the server times out trying to connect. With passive mode turned off, it is your ftp client which actively tries to establish a data connection, maybe through another port. Take a look at your firewall settings in case it is you who is blocking port 20, if not, it is your ISP. Blu.

Re: gFTP problems?

2003-07-05 Thread Blu
20 is blocked, the server times out trying to connect. With passive mode turned off, it is your ftp client which actively tries to establish a data connection, maybe through another port. Take a look at your firewall settings in case it is you who is blocking port 20, if not, it is your IS

Re: default iptables (again)

2003-03-17 Thread Blu
ation files, otherwise ipmasq will wipe them every time the connection is restarted. A big plus is that ipmasq sanitizes the firewall with default security rules, such as filtering packets comming through an external interface with an "internal" source address, and things like that. Blu.

Re: default iptables (again)

2003-03-17 Thread Blu
ation files, otherwise ipmasq will wipe them every time the connection is restarted. A big plus is that ipmasq sanitizes the firewall with default security rules, such as filtering packets comming through an external interface with an "internal" source address, and things like that. Blu.

Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Blu
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:58:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > My downloads are too fast, hogging the whole modem line. Is there any > way to slow them down so I can read web pages at the same time? You should read the Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO at http://la

Re: downloads too fast, hogging whole modem line

2002-07-09 Thread Blu
p://lartc.org/ Blu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2002-05-03 Thread Blu
ow very well how to do it, > thank you very much. I'd never, ever choose an ISP who considers their > customers guilty by default. I cannot agree more. It exists some kind of worldwide spam psicosis and a tendency to cure the headache with the decapitation method. Blu. -- To UNSUBS