hi there,
when i installed debian and configured exim, i was under the impression that
exim was configured to reject any email from an IP address listed in the maps
rbl database.
this evening i was reading the map-rbl site, and came across:
Testing Your RBLSM Configuration
Russell Nelson has put together an auto-responder that you may use to
test
your RBLSM implementation. His instructions are:
Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the server whose RBLSM block
you are testing. Expect one reply from ns.crynwr.com with the SMTP
conversation. If you get another reply from linux.crynwr.com, your
RBLSM
filter is broken.
i followed the instructions and apparently, i'm still getting mail from
blacklisted addresses -- the 2nd email from linux.crynwr.com arrived.
next, i looked at exim.conf:
# Exim contains support for the Realtime Blocking List (RBL) that is
being
# maintained as part of the DNS. See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for
# background. Uncommenting the following line will make Exim reject mail
# from any host whose IP address is blacklisted in the RBL at
maps.vix.com.
rbl_domains = rbl.maps.vix.com
rbl_reject_recipients = true
rbl_warn_header = false
this looks good to me. can someone guess why i'm still getting email that
should be rejected by the rbl database?
thanks!
pete
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