On Sat, 2020-06-13 at 15:25 +0100, RW wrote: > On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 03:10:52 +0100 > Martin Gregorie wrote: > > > You can easily update the rbldnsd zone data (just write/update the > > > data file, no need to restart spamd) and could create a custom > > > scoring value based on the DNS data (EG 127.0.0.2 for really > > > 'good' > > > TLDs, 127.0.0.4 for 'so-so' and 127.0.0.8 > > > for truely spammy names). > > The advantage of this approach is that if you use a less-than-basic > > database, i.e. one that allows multiple simultaneous connections, > > rather than a single connection DBMS like sqlite, you can share it > > between several SA instances aand use anything from an interactive > > SQL tool to a mobile app to maintain the blacklist. And there's no > > need stop anything to update the database content. > > FWIW I've added 6 TLDs and 2 exceptions in the past 5 years. > I did wonder how many 4+ character TLDs there are - Can't remember when I last saw one, but my main point was that the sort of setup I described is easy and pretty quick to set up if you know a bit of Perl and - equally important - is very easy to replicate for a different spam type once you've got one running. Its also a lot less of a kludge than the 'portmanteau rules' I use, with maintenance being simple in both cases.
Martin
