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RE: Anti-Spam DNS Black lists

vaibhav — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:11:00 GMT

could you guys please attach a screen shot with example. really to difficult for me to understand the configuration parameters.

with best regards,

Vaibhav

RE: Anti-Spam DNS Black lists

vaibhav — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:15:12 GMT

Hi IMail Guys,

Would you guys ever publish a proper guide to configure the IMAIL? With some screen shot? I have no luck understanding you terms.

[quote]Query Domain. In the text box, enter the domain to query in the zone file. This name usually matches the server domain name[/quote]

what do you understand with this line? really what domain and which zone file? is it like DNS Zone file or what exactly it is?

RE: Anti-Spam DNS Black lists

Robbie Boucher — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:38:17 GMT

Virtual domains inherit the Anti-Spam settings of your primary domain.

RE: Anti-Spam DNS Black lists

brookstone — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:05:43 GMT

>> then added to a domain's Anti-Spam folder under the Connection Checks

I did not realize there was yet another anti-spam page to configure. I assumed that the anti-spam/DNS blacklist was global for all hosts.

In exploring further, I can only find ONE other Anti-spam folder, even though I have over 3 dozen virtual IPs configured. Is there supposed to be an anti-spam folder for each virtual IP?

It is very unclear how the virtual IPs are affected or covered by the DNS blacklists.

RE: Anti-Spam DNS Black lists

Robbie Boucher — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:18:50 GMT

DNS Blacklists need to be first configured in the global Anti-Spam folder then added to a domain's Anti-Spam folder under the Connection Checks filter.

Is that the configuration you have?

Anti-Spam DNS Black lists

brookstone — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:06:41 GMT

I am running IMail Server 8.05, and have configured over a dozen Anti-Spam DNS Blacklists. I am confused, however, with why it appears that only one out of the dozen + blacklists is being used. I have logging turned on, and if I turn off/disable the one blacklist that appears to be working, I end up with a log file that contains repetitions of the following:

01:24 21:33 SMTP(029C2E19) Got White List and Content Filter for mydomain.com
01:24 21:33 SMTP(029C2E19) phrase filtering is disabled or there are no phrases to match
01:24 21:33 SMTP(029C2E19) statistical filtering is disabled
01:24 21:33 SMTP(029C2E1A) Got White List and Content Filter for mydomain.com
01:24 21:33 SMTP(029C2E1A) phrase filtering is disabled or there are no phrases to match
01:24 21:33 SMTP(029C2E1A) statistical filtering is disabled
01:24 21:34 SMTP(029C2E1B) Got White List and Content Filter for mydomain.com
01:24 21:34 SMTP(029C2E1B) phrase filtering is disabled or there are no phrases to match
01:24 21:34 SMTP(029C2E1B) statistical filtering is disabled

I get no indication from the above that any of the other blacklists are being used. Shouldn't each DNS blacklist appear somewhere in the log file?

When I do turn on the zen.spamhaus.org (DNS) blacklist, then this is what the log file looks like:

01:24 22:00 SMTPD(84FD009C) [00001932] BLACKLIST: connecting to service (all_spamhaus_lists:*:zen.spamhaus.org)
01:24 22:00 SMTPD(84FD009C) [00001932] BLACKLIST: 64.233.178.241 was not found on list (all_spamhaus_lists:*:zen.spamhaus.org)

But why don't any of the other dozen + blacklists get mentioned in the log file?

Thanks.

P.S. Here are the other blacklists I have configured:

# NAME SERVER DOMAIN TO QUERY TYPE ENABLED TCPFIRST

fiveten * blackholes.five-ten-sg.com D T F

spamhaus * sbl.spamhaus.org D F F

ybl * ybl.megacity.org D F F

SpamCop * bl.spamcop.net D T F

all_spamhaus_lists * zen.spamhaus.org D T F

dnsbl.njabl.org * dnsbl.njabl.org D T F

surriel.com * psbl-mirror.surriel.com D T F

mailpolice.com * porn.rhs.mailpolice.com D T F

tr.countries.nerd.dk * tr.countries.nerd.dk D T F

tw.countries.nerd.dk * tw.countries.nerd.dk D T F

ua.countries.nerd.dk * ua.countries.nerd.dk D T F

ru.countries.nerd.dk * ru.countries.nerd.dk D T F

pl.countries.nerd.dk * pl.countries.nerd.dk D T F

cn.countries.nerd.dk * cn.countries.nerd.dk D T F