Sendmail: How does one blacklist annoying spammers?
Genes MailLists
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Sat Jun 26 14:48:37 UTC 2010
In case you missed this post - here is a reasonable recipe based on many
years of senamil server admin'ing - feel free to modify, improve or ignore!
On 06/25/2010 09:26 PM, Genes MailLists wrote:
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> 1) FEATURE(`enhdnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', `', `t', `127.0.0.2.')dnl
> Add more if you want, but additional RBL's do not add too much.
>
> 2) FEATURE(`greet_pause', `3000')dnl
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> Remove the GreetPause delay for any trusted hosts - not vital >
but will speed up incoming mail from trusted MX hosts.
>
> e.g.
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> GreetPause:mail-bw0-f1.google.com 0
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> 3) FEATURE(delay_checks)dnl
> FEATURE(`block_bad_helo') dnl
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> 4) FEATURE(`require_rdns') dnl
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> 5) Maintain access list -
> - mine contains (large) number of netblocks
> - use senderbase to help identify netblocks and get more info
> about IP's.
> http://www.senderbase.org
> - only look at the last Received line hitting your mail server
>
> You may choose what you want to block here - e.g. residential IP's
>
>
> 6) I have also iptable Firewall blocks for undesirables (I use some
> country blocks in addition to a list of naughties)
>
> 7) run spamassasin (at the back end not the border server if you're
> running internal and border sendmails).
>
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