On 10/29/2010 02:38 AM, David Stiller wrote: > Hi all, > > by accident i have used the entry > rhs-blacklist-entry=block.rhs.mailpolice.com in my config. > That list is down sind June 2010, but spamdyke blocked all incoming mails. > The list still > responds to the subdomain rhs.mailpolice.com: > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > block.rhs.mailpolice.com. 80855 IN A 75.125.118.227 > > Spamdyke asked it for entries and blocked ALL incoming mails, instead of > letting the > mails through to the next filters, as the list told no domain name. > > So double-check your mail-log if you use any RHSBL's or RBL's. > > Regards, > David
Thanks for the heads up, David. Regarding RHSBLs, here's what wikipedia says about them: URI DNSBLs are often confused with RHSBLs (Right Hand Side BLs). But they are different. A URI DNSBL lists domain names and IPs found in the body of the message. An RHSBL lists the domain names used in the "from" or "reply-to" e-mail address. RHSBLs are not very effective because most spams either use forged "from" addresses or use "from" addresses containing popular freemail domain names, such as @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, or @hotmail.com addresses. In contrast to marginally effective and not-often-used RHSBLs, URI DNSBLs are very effective and are used by the majority of spam filters. Due to their relative ineffectiveness, I don't use RHSBLs at all, and recommend the same. -- -Eric 'shubes' _______________________________________________ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users
