Introduction I am currently mirroring a number of DNS blacklists, often referred to as RBLs, on our network in order to speed up mail processing. By keeping the queries local not only do we get a definite speed increase, faster processing and fewer timeouts but we also reduce our bandwidth usage. In order to setup a local mirror (or caching server) you will need the … [Read more...] about DNS Blacklists – Setting up a local mirror
MailScanner
IRC Support
Vasiliy Boulytchev has setup a MailScanner IRC channel over on freenode: #mailscanner ipv4: irc.freenode.net ipv6: irc.ipv6.freenode.net I've also setup a "paste bin" if you need to share your config or other code with users. If you need a good IRC client use Xchat … [Read more...] about IRC Support
SPF records
Spam Assassin 3 comes with a builtin SPF record checker, so it would make sense to publish SPF records for domains. Or would it? This domain has now got a simple set of SPF records which I setup using a couple of the online tools to generate them. If you want to see how many domains are publishing SPF have a look here. Although it is not a definitive listing it does give some … [Read more...] about SPF records
Upgrading MailScanner – rpm based system
Upgrading MailScanner on an rpm based system is not complicated as long as you read the messages on the screen. First off go to the MailScanner download section and get the version you want to upgrade to. The second one in the list is the rpm version for RedHat and derivatives. Normally there is a choice of "stable" and "beta" downloads. What's the difference? The stable has … [Read more...] about Upgrading MailScanner – rpm based system
MailScanner – the book
Julian's book finally arrived today. I haven't had time to read it yet, but it's nice to get a "hard copy". I really hate reading books off a screen. … [Read more...] about MailScanner – the book