Re: Unknown Smtpd Restriction

Devdas Bhagat wrote:
> On 23/05/05 15:48 -0400, John Wiles wrote:
>
>>maps_rbl_domains =
>>blackholes.mail-abuse.org,inputs.relays.osirusoft.com,relays.ordb. org,proxies.relays.monkeys.com
>
>
> Osirusoft and monkeys have been dead for years. I recommend getting them
> out of your config.
>

Talking about dead lists, let me add visi and dnsrbl...

I recommend using a daily cron to test that
- 127.0.0.2 is present in the list [this confirms the list responds]
- some resevered addresses aren't (10.random, 224.random, 255.random,
....) aren't listed [this confirms the lists doesn't just say "yes"]
- your own address [if a list blocks you, you'd better know why]
- some chosen IPs that shouldn't be on the list (IP of yahoo, aol, ...,
postfix, ...) A list that block those would be hardly usable (of course,
choose the list of IPs you want).

I would love it if dead lists respond with 255.255.255.255 for some days
so that we can detect they are dead (the 127.0.0.2 sometimes resulted in
blocking the whole world, which is irresponsible).