sendmail 8.9 and RBL

[Fred Martin_1]

Is anyone else using RBL with sendmail 8.9.3? It can be set up with option 11 in the gen_cf script and I'm wondering if it works fairly well, or if there are any gotchas in there.

I have a note in another thread that I need to add 1.5.5.192.rbl.maps.vix.com to my DNS files.

Who updates this RBL list, and is there a website or something where I can review information about rbl.maps.vix.com?

[Fred Martin_1]

I am finding reading material on the web, particularly at mail-abuse.org, that seems to indicate that rbl.maps.vix.com is outdated and should be changed in the sendmail.cf file to:

blackholes.mail-abuse.org

It seems to be in the sendmail.cf file near the ruleset that contains the message "refused by blackhole site rbl.maps.vix.com"

Can anyone confirm this, or is anyone reading this now using this setup?

[Christopher Caldwell · Accepted solution]

rbl.maps.vix.com became mail-abuse.org. For info on mail-abuse.org go to www.mail-abuse.org - the service is for pay now.

We rev'd 8.9.3 to 8.11.1 because anti-spam and virus scanning didn't require as much hacking.

The new method of RBL allows you to easily specify any number of different services.

Here's some that are available:
http://www.ordb.org
http://www.njabl.org
http://www.spamhaus.org
http://relays.osirusoft.com

You can do what you want 8.9.3. My recommendation would be to upgrade if you can; the setup for RBLs is trivial when you do.

[Fred Martin_1]

I found and downloaded HP's special release software depot for Sendmail v. 8.11 (in my case for HP-UX 11.0).

I'll install that and see if I can take advantage of some of the anti-spam stuff in there.

If anyone has done this upgrade, comments would be welcome on what I'm in for.

[Christopher Caldwell]

Easy pie.

cp /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.8.9

The new config files are in
/usr/contrib/sendmail/usr/newconfig/etc/mail

cp /usr/contrib/sendmail/usr/newconfig/etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

Incorporate all of your localizations.

The main change is that some of the "database files" e.g. DeniedIP have been rolled into something call the accessdb.

Once you deal with the new functionality and incorporate the localizations, start dealing with the rbl.

Go to
/usr/contrib/sendmail/usr/newconfig/etc/mail/cf. Read the README file. Make your new config file. Start with
/usr/contrib/sendmail/usr/newconfig/etc/mail/cf/cf/generic-hpux10.cf and edit from their.

You can also try to use gen_cf (a script) in the /usr/contrib/sendmail/usr/newconfig/etc/mail/cf/cf as a reference.