Spam Blocking Oh Yeah!!!

[netman4ttm]

I just installed Real Time Blacklist into the smtpfront on qmail. I can't believe the results. At least a 70% drop in spam getting into the system.
I am using the RBL's from spamhaus, njabl and ignorant.
So far no ham has been rejected, so we might add a few of the more aggressive lists.
This system beats spamassassin, primarily because it seems to take a lot less processor time (under 1% versus 17 to 24% for assassin) and you don't have to deal with all the trash that builds up on the servers drives. (You would figure that these drives would grow on their own with a the v-iaagR_a ads they get).
Now that I've done it the only question I have is why didn't I try this earlier and why doesn't everyone running qmail or sendmail do it?

[mikmik]

Hey! What kernel, pray tell?

Where do I get it, Mr.? LOL
I have SuSE 9.0, linux 2.4.x - should be good?

[mikmik]

Will the wonders of self reliance never cease LOL

One quick google search =
http://badgertronics.com/knowledge/one.adp?parent=28

http://www.qmail.org/rbl/ - link to qmail's home page here as well LOL

qmail AV for solaris:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/showcomp.php?pid=68&id=5:6:7:8:9:10:11:12

About a thousand more relevent links (Including Real Time Blocking for windows products) with this search term (google results of lol) Real Time Blacklist qmail (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Real+Time+Blacklist+qmail&btnG=Search&meta=)

So, netman44ttm, do you have any cures for laziness? :O)))

[netman4ttm]

Johnny Walker! I'm still lazy but I don't worry about it:^)
Running e-smith and on 14Aug04 Ray Mitchell posted the how-to. This weekend was going to be a return to RedHat and sendmail now it will be totally wasted on the beach watching my dogs make life miserable for the sand crabs.
Here is the link:
http://www.contribs.org/contribs/rmitchell/smeserver/howto/Spam%20blocking%20HOWTO%20using%20smtpfront-qmail%20for%20sme%20server.htm

[mikmik]

now it will be totally wasted on the beach watching my dogs make life miserable for the sand crabs.
That's brutal! I hear JW can make those times a little easier as well.
In fact, Johnie Walker (Red Label here) helps virtually every situation LOL

Thanks for the link :O)

[rackaid]

rfc ignorant is rather aggressive and blocks many legitamate servers. Many virtual hosting deployments break many RFC guidelines. I am not sure what rules they still check but many legit emails will be blocked. We use spamhaus, spamcop, and ordb.