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SURBL testpoint return values changed for multi.surbl.org
by Jeff Chan 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

[Note that this change was actually made about a year ago, around November 1, 2005. I hope the delayed notification doesn't cause any major issues.] Previously, each SURBL zone file, including the bitmask-combined list multi.surbl.org, had testpoints with A records resolving to 127.0.0.2. That was a design decision, and it was also convenient to the way the zone files were generated before. But Justin Mason or one of the other SpamAssassin developers argued that multi should have testpoints corresponding to all ones set for each bitmask position. So testpoints for multi.surbl.org now have all the bits set for an A record value of 127.0.0.126 instead of 127.0.0.2 . (If a new list is added in future using the 128th bit, then the new testpoint values in multi will be 127.0.0.254) This may work better with applications that decode the bits into individual list results, but it is a change from before and it may break other applications' use of the testpoints. The multi.surbl.org BIND zone file contains: test.surbl.org 604800 IN A 127.0.0.126 604800 IN TXT "multi.surbl.org permanent test point" test.multi.surbl.org 604800 IN A 127.0.0.126 604800 IN TXT "multi.surbl.org permanent test point" surbl-org-permanent-test-point.com 604800 IN A 127.0.0.126 604800 IN TXT "multi.surbl.org permanent test point" 2.0.0.127 604800 IN A 127.0.0.126 604800 IN TXT "multi.surbl.org permanent test point" The multi.surbl.org rbldnsd zone file contains: test.surbl.org :126:multi.surbl.org permanent test point test.multi.surbl.org :126:multi.surbl.org permanent test point surbl-org-permanent-test-point.com :126:multi.surbl.org permanent test point 2.0.0.127 :126:multi.surbl.org permanent test point Cheers, Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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Hexamail adds SURBL support
by Jeff Chan 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

Hexamail has added SURBL support to the latest version of their Windows/Linux server-side spam blocker Hexamail Guard: http://www.hexamail.com/hexamailguard/features.htm#featuresburl Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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PhishTank data added to SURBL phishing list
by Jeff Chan 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

I'm pleased to announce that we are now including PhishTank data: http://www.phishtank.com/ in our phishing list: http://www.surbl.org/lists.html#ph Be sure to report your phishes to PhishTank through their web site. This helps get the phishing sites get blacklisted. Thanks to PhishTank for creating their system and making the data available to the Internet community! Cheers, Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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Exim/SURBL Script v1.9 Release
by Jeff Chan 14 Oct '06

14 Oct '06

Erik Mugele writes: I have released version 1.9 of my embedded Perl script for Exim. The major change in this release is the mandatory use of a whitelist. The script will fail if the location of the whitelist (and the ccTLD.txt file) is not set correctly in the script. The distributed whitelist contains the domains (as of 12 Oct 06) that will not by blacklisted. Use of the whitelist file will prevent unnecessary queries. Some additional efficiency tweaks were also made to the script. See http://www.teuton.org/~ejm/exim_surbl to download the script, for details on changes, as well as usage and installation instructions. Erik -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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easyurl.net redirector site uses SURBLs to deny services to spammers
by Jeff Chan 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Mark Jeftovic reports that they "are now checking destination URLs against [SURBLs] and refusing to shorten them via easyurl.net." Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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Camel's Eye, a GPL'd client-side Java POP3/SMTP proxy adds SURBL support
by Jeff Chan 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Jörg Zieren mentions that "Camel's Eye, a GPL'd client-side Java POP3/SMTP proxy, has support for SURBL. More info is available on http://zieren.de/ce " Cheers, Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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memurl.com redirection site uses surblhost to stop abuse
by Jeff Chan 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Christian Stigen Larsen reports that his surblhost program: http://surblhost.sourceforge.net/ is being used by the redirection site: http://memurl.com/ to check sites submitted for redirection and to deny services to spammers. Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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surblhost is a C command line program to query SURBLs
by Jeff Chan 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Christian Stigen Larsen reports: "I've made a simple C commandline program to query multi.surbl.org I'd be very happy to receive comments. The program is available from http://surblhost.sourceforge.net (source only)." Thanks Christian! Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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Qmail Toaster system includes SpamAssassin setup to use SURBLs with Qmail
by Jeff Chan 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Jamie Thom of Practical Useful reports that: "We've created a page on the wiki for QmailToaster.com describing how to setup SpamAssassin with SURBL on Qmail setup using the Qmail Toaster system. It's at http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/SURBL " Thanks Jamie! Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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CastleCops' PIRT phishing data added to ph.surbl.org
by Jeff Chan 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

I'm pleased to announce that we are now including CastleCops' PIRT phishing data: http://www.castlecops.com/pirt in our phishing list, ph.surbl.org: http://www.surbl.org/lists.html#ph Be sure to report your phishes to PIRT via their web site or email address: {pirt (AT) castlecops (DOT) com} Not only do the the phishing sites get blacklisted, but they also get reported to the hosts, senders, phished banks, etc. Cheers, Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:jeffc@surbl.org http://www.surbl.org/

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