Why doesn't multi.surbl.org stop
virtumundo.com
It is listed in the ws.surbl.org if I look it up manually
the online surbl lookup tool doesn't detect it either.
Paul Schwarz
Stark Truss Company, Inc.
Senior Network Administrator
(330) 478-2100
what are others thoughts of the effectiveness of SURBL , risks of false
positives, CPU usage, etc
I'm currently doing my spam checking in this order
sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org - reject at SMTP level
standard greylisting
SURBL - using multi.surbl.org
How are you guys doing it and do you have any suggestions ? Low false
positives are my goal in my setup. I wondered if surbl should replace
greylisting or RBL or should just complement.
thank you
Paul
Paul, if you are still interested in greylisting you might consider a
solution that allows you to run SpamAssassin at SMTP time. I use
sa-exim (I believe there are others for different MTAs) and this allows
me to greylist based on score. For example, if the score is above 3
points then it is greylisted, otherwise it is immediately let through.
However, I would go with Chris's suggestion first and see if you even
need to bother. In our situation, we have to be very liberal on the
score to keep the FP's down, so we use greylisting on the uncertainties.
Kris
-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces(a)lists.surbl.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.surbl.org] On Behalf Of Chris Santerre
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 8:53 AM
To: 'SURBL Discussion list'
Subject: RE: [SURBL-Discuss] Hi I'm new and I like SURBL
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Schwarz [mailto:Paul.Schwarz@starktruss.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:03 AM
>To: 'SURBL Discussion list'
>Subject: [SURBL-Discuss] Hi I'm new and I like SURBL
>
Greetings noob, I mean Paul :-)
>what are others thoughts of the effectiveness of SURBL , risks of false
>positives, CPU usage, etc
SURBL rocks, but I'm a bit partial. The risks of FP are low, and we
strive
to get them to zero. And anything reported as an FP is dealt with right
away, by numerous people. We take them very seriously.
Lookups are quick and getting quicker with each new mirror added. If you
have a LOT of traffic you can rsync to get lookups local. Directions are
on
the SURBL.org site.
>
>I'm currently doing my spam checking in this order
>
>sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org - reject at SMTP level
>standard greylisting
>SURBL - using multi.surbl.org
I like everything but greylisting. It can have some issues when a timely
email is needed. Particularly with airline info. We've seen it here from
another SURBL contributor.
>
>How are you guys doing it and do you have any suggestions ?
>Low false
>positives are my goal in my setup. I wondered if surbl should replace
>greylisting or RBL or should just complement.
Complement is always better, but if anything I would remove greylisting
for
now. With SURBL I don't think you need it. But if you have the time and
don't mind waiting sometimes 20 minutes for some companies to resend,
then
go ahead.
I think you will be very happy with SURBL.
Chris Santerre
System Admin and SARE Ninja
http://www.rulesemporium.comhttp://www.surbl.org
'It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.'
Charles Darwin
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Schwarz [mailto:Paul.Schwarz@starktruss.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:03 AM
>To: 'SURBL Discussion list'
>Subject: [SURBL-Discuss] Hi I'm new and I like SURBL
>
Greetings noob, I mean Paul :-)
>what are others thoughts of the effectiveness of SURBL , risks of false
>positives, CPU usage, etc
SURBL rocks, but I'm a bit partial. The risks of FP are low, and we strive
to get them to zero. And anything reported as an FP is dealt with right
away, by numerous people. We take them very seriously.
Lookups are quick and getting quicker with each new mirror added. If you
have a LOT of traffic you can rsync to get lookups local. Directions are on
the SURBL.org site.
>
>I'm currently doing my spam checking in this order
>
>sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org - reject at SMTP level
>standard greylisting
>SURBL - using multi.surbl.org
I like everything but greylisting. It can have some issues when a timely
email is needed. Particularly with airline info. We've seen it here from
another SURBL contributor.
>
>How are you guys doing it and do you have any suggestions ?
>Low false
>positives are my goal in my setup. I wondered if surbl should replace
>greylisting or RBL or should just complement.
Complement is always better, but if anything I would remove greylisting for
now. With SURBL I don't think you need it. But if you have the time and
don't mind waiting sometimes 20 minutes for some companies to resend, then
go ahead.
I think you will be very happy with SURBL.
Chris Santerre
System Admin and SARE Ninja
http://www.rulesemporium.comhttp://www.surbl.org
'It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.'
Charles Darwin
I use multi.surbl.org to check the emails and wondered is there a whitelist
for each individual surbl list or one the encompasses them all ? Who
maintains it etc.
thanks much !
Paul Schwarz
Stark Truss Company, Inc.
Senior Network Administrator
(330) 478-2100
Thank you for the web site! Sorry about the accidental double post
Paul Schwarz
-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces(a)lists.surbl.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.surbl.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Chan
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:44 PM
To: Paul Schwarz
Cc: 'discuss(a)lists.surbl.org'
Subject: Re: [SURBL-Discuss] how does the white list work ?
On Monday, November 29, 2004, 10:17:24 AM, Paul Schwarz wrote:
> I use multi.surbl.org to check the emails and wondered is there a
whitelist
> for each individual surbl list or one the encompasses them all ? Who
> maintains it etc.
Individual lists (data sources) may have their own internal whitelists which
cause exclusions from those lists, but there are also shared whitelists
which get sorted together and globally applied across all SURBLs. The
former would be largely invisible to the outside world. The latter can be
found at:
http://spamcheck.freeapp.net/whitelist-domains.sort
but it includes a lot of high-level geographic domains.
Raymond,
Various people are using our whitelist. Perhaps we could consider putting
it on the rsync server for more efficient transfers.
Jeff C.
--
"If it appears in hams, then don't list it."
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Senior Network Administrator
(330) 478-2100
-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces(a)lists.surbl.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.surbl.org] On Behalf Of Paul Schwarz
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:17 PM
To: 'discuss(a)lists.surbl.org'
Subject: [SURBL-Discuss] how does the white list work ?
I use multi.surbl.org to check the emails and wondered is there a whitelist
for each individual surbl list or one the encompasses them all ? Who
maintains it etc.
thanks much !
Paul Schwarz
Stark Truss Company, Inc.
Senior Network Administrator
(330) 478-2100
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Some spammers are now putting links this way...
<a href="todayspecialrx.com">
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:53:18 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns(a)pobox.com>
To: Ivan Rudev <ivan(a)webstel.com>
Cc: William Stearns <wstearns(a)pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Please remove our domain pushline.com from blacklist
Good day, Ivan,
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Ivan Rudev wrote:
> Our partners cannot receive our newsletters because our domain
> pushline.com is in your ws.surbl.org and multi.surbl.org blacklists.
> We don't send spam!
> http://www.pushline.com/ - just the partner program site where our partners have the ability
> to create own Phone Cards Internet Shop and receive commission from sales.
>
> Please remove pushline.com from blacklists!
Your domain was added because of spam from it, an activity the web
site encourages:
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 11:35:26 +0300
From: ____(a)pushline.com
To: wstearns(a)pobox.com
Subject: Cheap long distance phone cards
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Because you benefit from your partners actions, you're responsible
for their emails.
Cheers,
- Bill
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1) Dude that is one hell of a cool domain name for a non pron site! Cool!!
2) quasirhombicosidodecahedron.com also rocks as a domain name!
3) Your original complaint, doesn't exhist :)
You are NOT listed. Something is up. We have seen these more then a few
times.
hotnudiegirls.com is not listed in ANY SURBL.
www.rulesemporium.com/cgi-bin/uribl.cgi
to check it out.
I have no idea if it is corrupt cache data, or some sort of goofyness in the
SA code. Is it possible we have a FUBAR SURBL mirror?
I've cc'd just about anyone having any clue to help. This is about the 4th
report in 3 days.
--Chris
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Samat Jain [mailto:samat@quasirhombicosidodecahedron.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 2:23 PM
>To: postmaster(a)outblaze.com; whitelist(a)surbl.org
>Subject: hotnudiegirls.com URI as false positive
>
>
>Hello,
>
>When sending an e-mail to myself, I apparently got my message
>tagged as spam
>with SpamAssassin:
>
> 3.9 URIBL_SC_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the SC
>SURBL blocklist
> [URIs: hotnudiegirls.com]
> 2.0 URIBL_OB_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the OB
>SURBL blocklist
> [URIs: hotnudiegirls.com]
>
>These were picking up my website (whose tagline I've removed
>from this e-mail)
>URL that is in the signature of all my e-mail messages.
>
>My domain is not an origin of spam, nor has it ever, or any source of
>questionable material. It is a personal domain used only for
>hosting some
>services and ONE website that I keep on the signature portion
>of my e-mails.
>
>Thank you,
>Samat
>
>--
>Samat Jain
>
>Flap's Law: Any inanimate object, regardless of its position,
>configuration,
>or purpose, may be expected to perform at any time in a
>totally unexpected
>manner for reasons that are either entirely obscure or else completely
>mysterious.
>-- Anonymous (586)
>