[SURBL-Discuss] FP Pattern for sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

[Raymond Dijkxhoorn]

Hello Rob,

> >Although its a little oftopic here i would rather suggest blocking on 
> >MTA level with lists like DSBL, SBL-XBL is a little too wide i think to 
> >use on MTA level rejects...

> Interesting... Just yesterday, I started using DSBL-checking on the "client
> IP" of the message (but AFTER reception of the message, not using the
> traditional RBL-blocking technique)... and saving these to a folder to
> examine how many are caught by DSBL (which got past my SBL-XBL block at the
> MTA level). So far, I have 49 confirmed spams and zero FPs. However, it
> sounds like I probably should be doing the reverse (blocking on MTA level
> with DSBL and then filtering client IPs with SBL-XBL and examining anything
> caught by SBL-XBL for FPs)??

Yes, most likely that will work out better for you. 

> Nevertheless, I'm still interested in answers to the questiona in my
> original post... only, now I'd love to also get more feedback on FPs in DSBL
> and, if such even exists, whether these tend to come off the list within a
> day.

I am running with DSBL a long time, very very few FP's yet. The time we 
have been running with SBL-XBL was different, allmost daily complaints...

Bye,
Raymond.