Re: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-07 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Derek Callaway wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem with my qmail smtpd server becoming unresponsive when rblsmtpd cannot communiate with the RBL nameservers. Has anyone else From the manual page at http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp/rblsmtpd.html: -C: (Default.) Handle RBL lookups

Re: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-06 Thread John R. Levine
2) Did you actually pay MAPS for use of their mail-abuse.org servers? They started charging on August 1st so you are not going to have much luck using them to block spam if you aren't paying them. Have you looked at the price list? The price for individual users is $0. If you want to keep

Re: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-04 Thread Chris Hardie
I list some alternatives to MAPS's RBLs, along with some other spam-prevention techniques, here: http://www.summersault.com/chris/techno/qmail/qmail-antispam.html http://www.summersault.com/chris/techno/qmail/qmail-antispam.html#resources Chris On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Derek Callaway wrote: On

Re: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-03 Thread Chin Fang
You will need to pay MAPS to use one of its three RBLs, or the combined RBL+. Please see http://www.mail-abuse.org/subscription.html and http://www.mail-abuse.org/feestructure.html even you are with an educational institution. Dr. Dan Bernstein himself has given up on MAPS's RBLs:

Re: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-03 Thread Adrian Ho
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 02:58:08PM -0400, Derek Callaway wrote: /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -x /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb -u 7791 -g 2108 -v 0 smtp fixcrio /usr/local/bin/rblsmtpd -t 7 /usr/local/bin/rblsmtpd -t 7 -r dialups.mail-abuse.org /usr/local/bin/rblsmtpd -t 7 -r 'relays.mail-abuse.org:Open relay

rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-03 Thread Derek Callaway
Hi, I'm having a problem with my qmail smtpd server becoming unresponsive when rblsmtpd cannot communiate with the RBL nameservers. Has anyone else had this problem? I'd like to blindy accept e-mail if the RBL nameservers cannot be contacted. Here's how I'm starting the SMTP server:

RE: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-02 Thread Hubbard, David
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers Hi, I'm having a problem with my qmail smtpd server becoming unresponsive when rblsmtpd cannot communiate with the RBL nameservers. Has anyone else had this problem

Re: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-02 Thread Derek Callaway
On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Chin Fang wrote: Right, I guess I should have said that I already read those pages before I posted this message. I'm looking for a _free_ workaround to this problem. TIA You will need to pay MAPS to use one of its three RBLs, or the combined RBL+. Please see

Re: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-02 Thread Mads Eilertsen
Hi, I'm having a problem with my qmail smtpd server becoming unresponsive when rblsmtpd cannot communiate with the RBL nameservers. http://www.mail-abuse.org/subscription.html Mads

Re: rblsmtpd and mail-abuse.org's DNS servers

2001-08-02 Thread John Gonzalez/netMDC admin
On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Derek Callaway wrote: Right, I guess I should have said that I already read those pages before I posted this message. I'm looking for a _free_ workaround to this problem. TIA There is no workaround. The resolver is going to wait for the connection to time out, thus