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Re: Greylisting and idiots
Take this thread elsewhere. -- Kurt
At 01:07 PM 9/3/2004, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
>fre, 03.09.2004 kl. 16.12 skrev Danny:
>
>Since this is not "on list" I'll keep it as short as possible.
>
>[...]
>
>> Main.cf and corresponding files, minus your virutal and relay stuff.
>> Here is my very basic config for example:
>[...]
>
>Magnus Bakke (Backe?) on the list is the right person for this kind of
>thing. Personally I read the docs, the list and test things out on test
>machines, to see if they work ;) To hell with others' configurations.
>Viktor tells you what to do and what not; sometimes (mostly) he's right,
>sometimes (minimally) he blows his top and just shouts. Magnus is almost
>always right, but I've caught him out too.
>
>> I want to start experimenting with RBL's and smtpd restrictions, and I
>> was hoping you could share the ones you are having success with,
>> specifically main.cf and any lookups.
>
>So do it. That's what I did.
>
>> > The most important thing for me, is that I have a grown-up notebook
>> > running the same OS and software as client site, to try things out
>> > first. That's the real secret ;)
>>
>> How do you test in on your laptop, first? Do you mean the correctness
>> of the config files, or actually testing mail flow as well?
>
>I start with the docs (this is 2.1.4, remember?) and just try things.
>Keeping to the docs gives you mostly the right way to go. Make some test
>account an see what happens? That's what I do.
>
>Rule #1: Read all of the Postfix docs and understand them.
>Rule #2: Always subscribe to and adhere to advice given by "notables" on
> the Postfix list;
>Rule #3: Never take what any poster writes as gospel. Always try out
>what the poster says for yourself. Could be crap, sometimes is. Whoever
>it is - Wietse, Viktor, Noel, Magnus, Rob, eh Padriguez@Koetter, Ralf
>H. and many more ;)
>
>> I want to start experimenting with RBL's and smtpd restrictions, and I
>> was hoping you could share the ones you are having success with,
>> specifically main.cf and any lookups.
>
>So experiment with them ;) Use all available. Pretty soon you'll find
>out that some are denying you mail unjustifiably. My own rbl denials at
>the moment, that I can get along with, are:
>
>list.dsbl.org (brilliant), dnsbl.njabl.org (has its uses),
>rbl.spamhaus.org, opm.blitzed.org (has its uses).
>
>Otherwise, greylisting (gld daemon) is getting a lot of zombies and open
>proxies here.
>
>Overall: Surprising what *IDIOTS* spammers and virus merchants are.
>
>--Tonni
>
>--
>They love us, don't they, They feed us, won't they,
>Oh who will think a boy and bear
>Could be well accepted everywhere?
>It's just amazing how fair people can be
>
>mail: tonye@billy.demon.nl
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