Re: Massive SPAM Increase

[Tillmann Werner <tillmann.werner () gmx de>]

> Anyone bother to think about using the wonderful rbl lists provided by
> lots of fast healthy servers around the world.
>
> IE spamcop.net,
> abuseat.org,
> spamhaus.org (although this one has some court orders against it, see
> http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/10/10/140203.shtml)
> ordb.org
>
> plus many many more.

I personally don't like the idea of giving the control what gets blocked on an 
MTA to third parties...

> Once I started using these lists, my spam dropped from like 1000 a day 
> to 20 a day, just configuring Postfix and 5 rbl's.

Also, I don't think a decreased spam level alone is a proper criteria. You 
know, using a drop-all rule reduces the amount of spam to 0%.

Tillmann

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