[vox-tech] exim / rbl question. a mystery.

[Matt Roper]

I did a fresh install of Debian on my laptop the other day and noticed
that it no longer asks about the RBL when Exim is setup.  According to
/usr/share/doc/exim/changelog.Debian.gz, it appears that RBL no longer
works:

  * debian/config: remove RBL questions (as ORBS no longer exists, and
    MAPS now charges); include a comment about RBL instead (Closes:
    #104524)
    
Matt
      
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 11:32:02PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> dear lugod,
> 
> when i installed debian and configured exim, i was under the impression that
> exim was configured to reject any email from an IP address listed in the maps
> rbl database.
> 
> this evening i was reading the map-rbl site, and came across:
> 
> 	Testing Your RBLSM Configuration
> 	Russell Nelson has put together an auto-responder that you may use to test
> 	your RBLSM implementation.  His instructions are:
> 	
> 	Send mail to nelson-rbl-test@crynwr.com from the server whose RBLSM block
> 	you are testing.  Expect one reply from ns.crynwr.com with the SMTP
> 	conversation.  If you get another reply from linux.crynwr.com, your RBLSM
> 	filter is broken.
> 
> i followed the instructions and apparently, i'm still getting mail from
> blacklisted addresses -- the 2nd email from linux.crynwr.com arrived.
> 
> next, i looked at exim.conf:
> 
> 	# Exim contains support for the Realtime Blocking List (RBL) that is being
> 	# maintained as part of the DNS. See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for
> 	# background. Uncommenting the following line will make Exim reject mail
> 	# from any host whose IP address is blacklisted in the RBL at maps.vix.com.
> 
> 	rbl_domains = rbl.maps.vix.com
> 	rbl_reject_recipients = true
> 	rbl_warn_header = false
> 
> this looks good to me.  can someone guess why i'm still getting email that
> should be rejected by the rbl database?
> 
> thanks!
> pete
> 
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