View Full Version : RBL Blacklisting. (i.e. Spamcop, Spamhaus)


devinci99
05-08-2004, 03:34 PM
Um... this is a dumb question, but what does this mean?

And how do I enable disable or configure it?

Jafo
05-08-2004, 04:59 PM
http://www.spamcop.net.

It is real time blacklisting, that identifies spammers from the mail headers.

There is more in the readme file.

devinci99
05-08-2004, 05:20 PM
ok... which readme.tx? wwm6 readme doesnt tell me anything.

so how do wwm6 work with spamcop? forward the catchall to spamcop, and forward back ?

wont spamcop filter the catch-all to: emailaddress and mark it as spam? I guess I have to give it a try...

Anyhow, how do you recommend setting this up? forward catch all to spamcop, and have wwm6 check email from spamcop ?

Jafo
05-08-2004, 05:26 PM
No you do not forward anything to spamcop.

The messenger takes the header, finds all the IP's and sends them to spamcop to see if they come from a spam friendly host, if so, it rejects it, then the messenger rejects the email.

See the link for blacklist in the change settings section of the admin control panel.

It will affect the mail cron slightly as there is another step in the routine.

devinci99
05-08-2004, 05:55 PM
What is the variable blacklist?
If you are going to use a RBL site like spamcop.net, here is where you would enter the RBL sites name. For example, Spamcop would be: bl.spamcop.net NOT spamcop.net. Make sure you find the right address or you could get false positives for SPAM blacklisting. If your servers Mail software (i.e. Sendmail) is already configured to use Blacklisting, then leave this blank. There is absolutely no need to filter email twice and disabling blacklisting from the script will help performance.


I just configure it to: bl.spamcop.net

do I need to sign up at spamcop to use it?

Jafo
05-08-2004, 06:14 PM
Nope, that's it.