SBL soon only available from sbl.spamhaus.org
Steve Linford
sbl.spamhaus.org then you can ignore this message.
If you are using the SBL via 3rd party composite DNSBLs and not directly
from sbl.spamhaus.org, then please read this as the following change
affects your DNSBL setup.
For a long time the SBL has been available either directly from Spamhaus
(as sbl.spamhaus.org) or via 3rd party composite zones such as
relays.osirusoft.com (as spamhaus.relays.osirusoft.com) and
blackholes.easynet.nl which import SBL data from Spamhaus. This
distribution is now changing. In order to better manage SBL logistics,
DNSBL zone and query traffic, from Monday 11 August 2003 the SBL should
only be available from sbl.spamhaus.org.
The fact the SBL was available from multiple DNSBLs was causing some
confusion, plus other small factors (such as the different zones having
different build times - which for example meant that we'd tell someone
an IP had been removed, but they'd contact us a few hours later to say
it was still blocked), plus the likely emergence of further composite
lists which may add confusion, meant that it was time to make a change
now rather than in a year or two.
So, if you are not using sbl.spamhaus.org but would like to continue
using the SBL, please add sbl.spamhaus.org to your mail server's DNSBL
list.
--
Steve Linford
The Spamhaus Project
http://www.spamhaus.org
Dr. Anton Squeegee
Linford says...
> If you currently use the SBL by querying the master zone
> sbl.spamhaus.org then you can ignore this message.
>
> If you are using the SBL via 3rd party composite DNSBLs and not directly
> from sbl.spamhaus.org, then please read this as the following change
> affects your DNSBL setup.
<snip>
Thanks, Steve. I just adjusted main.cf for Postfix on both our
boxes.
--
Dr. Anton Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t c&o&m
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green)
Jay T. Blocksom
Steve Linford <lin...@spamhaus.org> wrote:
>
[snip]
> If you are using the SBL via 3rd party composite DNSBLs and not directly
> from sbl.spamhaus.org, then please read this as the following change
> affects your DNSBL setup.
>
[snip]
>
> So, if you are not using sbl.spamhaus.org but would like to continue
> using the SBL, please add sbl.spamhaus.org to your mail server's DNSBL
> list.
I made this change back on 8/10, and at that time also sent the test message
to <nelson-sbl-test[at]crynwr.com> as suggested on your "How To" page. That
message was undeliverable ("Error connecting to primary server
'192.203.178.8'"); so I just kept watching the server stats reports to see
mention of mail being bounced by the SBL. So far, nada -- which surprised
me a bit (I know the SBL is "conservative"; but I'd expect it to trap
*something* in a week -- it's currently #2 on the server's list of DNSbls,
right after Osirusoft).
Is there another way to confirm that I've got it set up correctly?
--
Jay T. Blocksom
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