Re: do not use 'reject_maps_rbl'?

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do not use 'reject_maps_rbl'?
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. \ Magnus Bäck (23 Jan 2008)

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Subject:	Re: do not use 'reject_maps_rbl'?
Group:	Postfix-users
From:	Magnus Bäck
Date:	23 Jan 2008

On Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 19:04 CET,
techtalk <techtalk> wrote:

> I am seeing two different errors from postfix that I am trying to
> determine what corrective action is needed.
>
> 1. "reject_maps_rbl"?
>
> postfix/smtpd[5888]: warning: restriction reject_maps_rbl is going
> away. Please use reject_rbl_client <domain> instead
>
> In my main.cf I have these lines:
>
> maps_rbl_domains = zen.spamhaus.org
>
> and
>
> smtpd_client_restrictions = hash:/etc/postfix/
> smtpdreject,reject_maps_rbl
>
> Is it asking me to remove the reject_maps_rbl statement from
> smtpd_client_restrictions and replace it with reject_rbl_client
> zen.spamhaus.org?

Yes. Remove the maps_rbl_domains setting as well.

http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#reject_rbl_client

> 2. Name service error / RBL
>
> warning: 176.88.11.83.sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org: RBL lookup error: Name
> service error for name=176.88.11.83.sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org type=A: Host
> not found, try again
>
> Is it saying that using spamhaus that they determined some incoming
> mail has a bad DNS entry, or that it can't find spamhaus for some
> reason.

The DNS server answering the query for 176.88.11.83.sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
issued a temporary error code, perhaps Spamhaus thinks you're using
their free service too heavily.

http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage.html

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Magnus Bäck
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