turn rbl off for postfix and on for mailscanner / spamassassin

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stefandewal
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turn rbl off for postfix and on for mailscanner / spamassassin

Post by stefandewal »

Hi,

I want to disable all rbl checks in postfix and enable them in mailscanner / spamassassin.

Can i do this via the efa shell or do i do this manually?
jon doe
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Re: turn rbl off for postfix and on for mailscanner / spamassassin

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You do this manually as far as I know.

Comment out the line in main.cf for postfix.
#smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org

and enable the config in mailscanner.conf.
Spam List = BARRACUDA SORBS SPAMHAUS SPAMCOP

this will use a file called spam.lists which already has some default values.
I am sure you can customize this file and which RBL's you call to on the line above to tweak it for your needs.

Finally, restart both services (postfix and mailscanner) and you should be good.
stefandewal
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Re: turn rbl off for postfix and on for mailscanner / spamassassin

Post by stefandewal »

thanks, thats what i thought also.
I want this because otherwise you have the risk of losing mail before its get in the quarantain list?
jon doe
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Re: turn rbl off for postfix and on for mailscanner / spamassassin

Post by jon doe »

Yes
The mail would be rejected by postfix and never make it to mailscanner or show up in mailwatch. This the same reason I do the blocking in mailscanner.
The downside is that allowing the messages past postfix would increase processing on the server.
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Re: turn rbl off for postfix and on for mailscanner / spamassassin

Post by henk »

Comment out the line in main.cf for postfix.
#smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org
What about this? :shifty:

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smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks
and what about the reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain?
#smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain

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smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access, reject_non_fqdn_sender
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stefandewal
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Re: turn rbl off for postfix and on for mailscanner / spamassassin

Post by stefandewal »

henk, i only removed the rbl checks in postfix. i left the rest ofcourse :P thanks for the tip..
kalessin
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Re: turn rbl off for postfix and on for mailscanner / spamassassin

Post by kalessin »

Hey, how do you check that RBL's are working at spamassassin ? Using -D gives no useful info regarding that . And what's the difference with viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3821&p=16931#p14655
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Re: turn rbl off for postfix and on for mailscanner / spamassassin

Post by pdwalker »

It works for me. I can see the results of the RBL checks when I use the -D option.
Nov 18 17:40:15.773 [24344] dbg: async: calling callback on key dns:A:130.190.168.104.bl.mailspike.net
Nov 18 17:40:15.773 [24344] dbg: dns: hit <dns:130.190.168.104.bl.mailspike.net> 127.0.0.10
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