GreetPause based on DUL status and reputation [L2.APEWS.org]
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From: Andrzej Adam Filip on 16 Apr 2008 12:28 Scott Grayban <sgrayban(a)NOSPAM-gmail.com> wrote: > Andrzej Adam Filip wrote: >> What is you opinion about using different GreetPause for a) DUL >> addresses (synamic IP ranges) >> b) worse reputation nets [e.g. L2.APEWS.org lists "the worse >> half" of the Internet] >> > > DO NOT USE ANY APEWS lists unless you don't want any email. > > APEWS blocks more then just spammers. They also block legit mailers > just because they can and do not care. Do you pay attention to "details"? [Plain english: Are you stupid?] I do not recommend L2.APEWS.org use for "simple blocking" ("classic" DNSBL use), hardly anyone thinks it is fit for such purpose (beyond APEWS.org maintainers). To be useful it must be used in *other* (more complicated) ways. *In this thread* I recommend considering using longer GreetPause delay for "the worse half of the Internet". It is not "outright blocking". *In other threads* I do recommend use of L2.APEWS.org for selecting extra few checks of "classic DNSBL" lists. It is based on assumption that for better half of the Internet the extra checks introduce * needless delays (or risk of such delays) * increase risk of "false positives" but for worse half of the Internet the extra checks are truly "cost effective". I have created FEATURE(`anfi/rsdnsbl') for the task available at http://open-sendmail.sourceforge.net/ -- [pl>en: Andrew] Andrzej Adam Filip anfi(a)xl.wp.pl Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it. -- Tom Lehrer |