What protocol does James use to contact the blacklist servers: HTTP, SMTP, FTP? It is possible that a firewall is blocking communication to the Blacklist servers.
Kraig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Burkart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 10:09 PM Subject: [SPAM] RE: spam blacklists > Steve, > > I have the same blacklists set up and nothing gets filtered to the spam > folder. I am getting aroung 100-200 spam emails a day I'm tired of manually > deleting them. > > Kevin > > > >From: "Steve Brewin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "'James Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: spam blacklists > >Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:42:14 +0100 > > > >Kevin Burkart wrote: > > > Can someone help me set up a spam blacklist. I am using suse > > > linux. I have > > > tried spamhuas and spamcop. One sends everything to spam and one sends > > > nothing to spam. Any help would be appreciated. > > > >The InSpammerBlacklist matcher works for me, of which there are commented > >out examples in the default config.xml in the James distribution. eg: > > > ><mailet match="InSpammerBlacklist=dnsbl.njabl.org" > > class="ToProcessor"> > > <processor> spam </processor> > > <notice>550 Requested action not taken: rejected - see > >http://njabl.org/ </notice> > > </mailet> > > > >I am using sbl.spamhaus.org, dnsbl.njabl.org and relays.ordb.org. > > > >One caveat. I'm not collecting statistics on the hits that each of the > >above > >are producing. I simply see that this combination pretty reliably weeds out > >the majority of spam while not mis-classifying legitimate mail. > > > >I've never experienced everything being sent to spam. This could be > >something to do with your configuration or choice of RBL. As most sites > >support a web-based query system I would suggest trying that to understand > >how your chosen RBLs are interpreting what you consider to be a legitimate > >address and then work backwards to identify where things are going wrong. > > > >-- Steve > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee� > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
