John, >but giving the sequence of servers, it might shadow spamcop...
It does; first hit stops the rest. So you are best to move your dnsbl.sorbs.net. To the beginning, then followed by bl.spamcop.net. at least. Saves the DNS lookups. Rob :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorn Hass Sent: Monday, 29 May 2006 9:03 PM To: xmail@xmailserver.org Subject: [xmail] Blacklist effectiveness... Hi all. For those that are interested, I did some quick reports for the last 7 days, plus today: Rejects per blacklist: 15 (relays.ordb.org.)" 62 (sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org.)" 1870 (bl.spamcop.net.)" 7501 (dnsbl.sorbs.net.) I have only added sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org today, and have already hit 62 counts. >From this, it looks as if dnsbl.sorbs.net is the most effective, but giving the sequence of servers, it might shadow spamcop... >From my server.tab: "CustMapsList" "relays.ordb.org.:1,sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org.:1,rhsbl.sorbs.net..:1,zombie.dnsbl ..sorbs.net.:1,dnsbl.sorbs.net.:0,bl.spamcop.net.:0" Top 114 IPs that have 20 or more rejects over the last 7 days... A very common pattern is the 20 or 50 refusal "runs" every so often. 20 "125.181.107.209" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 20 "200.113.104.224" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "201.24.104.74" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "203.171.241.20" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 20 "211.222.179.141" (blacklist.is.co.za.)" 20 "213.54.155.128" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "218.155.182.188" (blacklist.is.co.za.)" 20 "218.80.66.251" (blacklist.is.co.za.)" 20 "219.248.127.162" (blacklist.is.co.za.)" 20 "222.253.77.163" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 20 "59.158.117.4" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 20 "59.38.66.249" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "65.185.148.24" (dialups.blacklist.is.co.za.)" 20 "66.168.86.99" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "66.27.199.1" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "66.30.42.20" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "67.162.166.169" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "67.172.173.73" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "69.34.54.115" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "71.251.130.114" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "80.143.244.51" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "80.146.85.179" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "80.213.1.233" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "81.157.163.141" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "81.190.177.87" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "82.35.29.170" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "82.78.137.205" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 20 "83.18.201.146" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 20 "83.213.213.119" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 20 "83.28.246.43" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "83.32.17.80" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "84.10.140.16" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "84.120.106.55" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "84.122.253.99" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 20 "84.130.102.252" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "84.130.223.27" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "84.133.23.38" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "85.176.105.109" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "85.180.189.50" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "86.63.102.63" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 20 "87.49.44.158" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 20 "87.89.33.1" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 21 "81.109.72.142" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 22 "217.98.8.10" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 22 "24.62.255.214" (blacklist.is.co.za.)" 25 "12.218.33.45" (dialups.blacklist.is.co.za.)" 25 "58.187.32.167" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 25 "68.200.19.216" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 25 "71.65.63.13" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 25 "82.83.207.136" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 31 "62.117.26.170" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 38 "12.21.179.250" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 39 "217.125.183.59" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 40 "67.167.207.216" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 40 "71.253.207.166" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "12.226.114.115" (dialups.blacklist.is.co.za.)" 50 "162.84.209.229" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "195.13.38.168" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "200.210.49.160" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "200.79.53.50" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "200.89.246.11" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "201.127.120.154" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "201.240.61.88" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "203.203.113.195" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "207.118.218.49" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "213.98.23.3" (dialups.blacklist.is.co.za.)" 50 "217.73.101.30" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "218.238.159.51" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "218.59.137.178" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "219.128.166.225" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "24.128.43.101" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "24.148.182.177" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "24.15.145.84" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "24.3.79.31" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "24.82.117.184" (dialups.blacklist.is.co.za.)" 50 "59.16.18.102" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "61.117.53.100" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "61.7.3.190" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "62.131.251.73" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "65.31.87.197" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "66.30.19.233" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "70.107.22.240" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "70.31.77.89" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "70.74.116.173" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "71.110.236.250" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "71.125.217.222" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "71.247.235.84" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "71.52.59.181" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "76.0.204.145" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "80.129.204.204" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "80.143.35.99" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "80.239.46.169" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "80.53.6.26" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "80.55.103.54" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "80.55.188.78" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "80.57.239.189" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "81.192.66.238" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "81.219.220.137" (bl.spamcop.net.)" 50 "82.160.72.2" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "82.216.127.121" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "83.113.56.109" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "83.27.247.68" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "83.50.145.86" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "84.162.203.65" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "86.136.223.195" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "88.0.18.51" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "88.1.159.205" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 50 "88.64.186.170" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 51 "61.159.76.252" (blacklist.is.co.za.)" 51 "83.28.60.30" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 51 "84.180.240.207" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 52 "81.188.73.7" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 53 "65.123.157.194" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" 61 "201.137.165.126" (dnsbl.sorbs.net.)" -- Best regards, Jorn mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]