[exim] RBL problems

2006-12-12 Thread oliver howe
is anyone else having problems resolving rbls? specifically i cannot resolve the spamhaus rbl sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=sbl-xbl.spamhaus.orgtype=A returns No A records exist for sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org. [Neg TTL=900 seconds] -- Oliver Howe Senior

Re: [exim] RBL problems

2006-12-12 Thread Peter Bowyer
On 12/12/06, oliver howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is anyone else having problems resolving rbls? specifically i cannot resolve the spamhaus rbl sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=sbl-xbl.spamhaus.orgtype=A returns No A records exist for

Re: [exim] RBL problems

2006-12-12 Thread Graeme Fowler
On 12/12/2006 14:01, Peter Bowyer wrote: Why do you need an A record for sbl.xbl.spamhaus.org? It's the NS records that are important - of which there are legions.. And, as I just pointed out to the OP privately: http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/answers.lasso?section=DNSBL%20Technical#122 --

Re: [exim] RBL problems

2006-12-12 Thread oliver howe
I was getting a lot of this in my log files DNS list lookup defer (probably timeout) for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx : sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org: assumed not in list So I thought maybe they were down, but I realise now it is my DNS servers and a high level of inbound email (9793MB yesterday) which is causing