Blacklists aren't working

MHH

posted Jul 30 '19 at 11:23 pm

Hi Jeff,

Sorry for late reply this works for me;

Begin
Name: Spamcop
Enabled: Y
QueryType: Blacklist
QueryForm: Address
Hostname: bl.spamcop.net
Strictness: Range 127.0.0.2 - 127.0.0.10
Action: Tag
Parameter: X-Blocked: Spamcop Rejected
End

I remember the Strictness took some tweaking.

I Tag all mine Then use the global spam to pull the tag that way if it blocks a gmail type server if the address is in my white list its honored rather than rejected.

Regards.

Mark.

Hi Jeff,Sorry for late reply this works for me; Begin Name: Spamcop Enabled: Y QueryType: Blacklist QueryForm: Address Hostname: bl.spamcop.net Strictness: Range 127.0.0.2 - 127.0.0.10 Action: Tag Parameter: X-Blocked: Spamcop Rejected End&nbsp;I remember the Strictness took some tweaking. I Tag all mine Then use the global spam to pull the tag that way if it blocks a gmail type server if the address is in my white list its honored rather than rejected. Regards. Mark.

jeffn

posted May 26 '19 at 5:00 pm

My Mercury 4.80 server is not blocking any connections using the defined blacklists. From the mail server, I can take the IP address and do an nslookup from the command prompt on the server and get a positive response so I don't think it is a firewall issue. I am pasting my blacklist definition and MercuryS section from my mecury,ini file. Looking for any ideas on how to troubleshoot this.

-jeff

C:\Users\admin>nslookup 107.253.227.45.bl.spamcop.net
Server: google-public-dns-a.google.com
Address: 8.8.8.8

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: 107.253.227.45.bl.spamcop.net
Address: 127.0.0.2

Below is the blacklist definition from the MS_SPAM.MER file.

Begin
Name: Spamcop
Enabled: Y
QueryType: Blacklist
QueryForm: Address
Hostname: bl.spamcop.net
Strictness: Normal
Action: Drop
Parameter: Your IP Address is Blacklisted on http://www.spamcop.net
End

Here is the MercuryS section from my mercury.ini file:

[MercuryS]
Debug : 1
Logfile : c:\mercury\logs\mercs.txt
Size : 21000000
Timeout : 120
Relay : 0
Strict_Relay : 0
Alt_Server_Port : 2526
Interface :
Allow_Illegals : 0
SMTP_Authentication : 1
Auth_File : c:\mercury\smtp_PW.txt
Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\LOGS\smtps
Session_logmode : 0
Compliance_Settings : 800
Maximum_Failed_Rcpts : 10
Max_Relay_Attempts : 3
SSL_Mode : 1
SSL_Certfile : C:\MERCURY\certificate
ST_Blacklisting : 288
TF_Filename : TRANSFLT.MER
No_VRFY : 1
SMTP_ConnFlags : 0
SSLD_Port : 465
Compliance_Exceptions :

My Mercury 4.80 server is not blocking any connections using the defined blacklists. From the mail server, I can take the IP address and do an nslookup from the command prompt on the server and get a positive response so I don't think it is a firewall issue. I am pasting my blacklist definition and MercuryS section from my mecury,ini file. Looking for any ideas on how to troubleshoot this.&nbsp;-jeff&nbsp; C:\Users\admin&gt;nslookup 107.253.227.45.bl.spamcop.net Server:&nbsp; google-public-dns-a.google.com Address:&nbsp; 8.8.8.8 Non-authoritative answer: Name:&nbsp; &nbsp; 107.253.227.45.bl.spamcop.net Address:&nbsp; 127.0.0.2 Below is the blacklist definition from the MS_SPAM.MER file. Begin Name: Spamcop Enabled: Y QueryType: Blacklist QueryForm: Address Hostname: bl.spamcop.net Strictness: Normal Action: Drop Parameter: Your IP Address is Blacklisted on http://www.spamcop.net End Here is the MercuryS section from my mercury.ini file:[MercuryS] Debug : 1 Logfile : c:\mercury\logs\mercs.txt Size : 21000000 Timeout : 120 Relay : 0 Strict_Relay : 0 Alt_Server_Port : 2526 Interface :&nbsp; Allow_Illegals : 0 SMTP_Authentication : 1 Auth_File : c:\mercury\smtp_PW.txt Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\LOGS\smtps Session_logmode : 0 Compliance_Settings : 800 Maximum_Failed_Rcpts : 10 Max_Relay_Attempts : 3 SSL_Mode : 1 SSL_Certfile : C:\MERCURY\certificate ST_Blacklisting : 288 TF_Filename : TRANSFLT.MER No_VRFY : 1 SMTP_ConnFlags : 0 SSLD_Port : 465 Compliance_Exceptions :&nbsp; &nbsp;

Rolf Lindby

posted May 26 '19 at 7:09 pm

I'm not using DNSBL queries directly from Mercury myself, but I haven't seen any recent reports of such problems.

If multiple name servers are specified you could verify that all work by including the server IP address in nslookup, for instance:

nslookup 107.253.227.45.bl.spamcop.net 8.8.4.4

If all respond correctly the next step could be to try it with the current beta version of Mercury, which has quite a lot of updates in the networking code. Post here and I'll provide a download link.

I'm not using DNSBL queries directly from Mercury myself, but I haven't seen any recent reports of such problems.If multiple name servers are specified you could verify that all work by including the server IP address in nslookup, for instance:&nbsp; &nbsp; nslookup 107.253.227.45.bl.spamcop.net&nbsp;8.8.4.4If all respond correctly the next step could be to try it with the current beta version of Mercury, which has quite a lot of updates in the networking code. Post here and I'll provide a download link.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Anaglypta

posted May 29 '19 at 12:58 pm

Hello jeffn,

Blacklists are working for me. I use Spamhaus lists MS_SPAM.MER:-

Begin
Name: Spamhaus ZEN
Enabled: Y
QueryType: Blacklist
QueryForm: Address
Hostname: zen.spamhaus.org
Strictness: Range 127.0.0.2 - 127.0.0.11
Action: Reject
Parameter: Message Rejected - Matched SPAMHAUS ZEN
End

Begin
Name: Spamhaus DBL
Enabled: Y
QueryType: Blacklist
QueryForm: Domain
Hostname: dbl.spamhaus.org
Strictness: Range 127.0.1.2 - 127.0.1.255
Action: Reject
Parameter: Message Rejected - Matched SPAMHAUS DBL
End

Has Spamcop changed their result codes recently?

John.

Hello jeffn,Blacklists are working for me. I use Spamhaus lists MS_SPAM.MER:-Begin Name: Spamhaus ZEN Enabled: Y QueryType: Blacklist QueryForm: Address Hostname: zen.spamhaus.org Strictness: Range 127.0.0.2 - 127.0.0.11 Action: Reject Parameter: Message Rejected - Matched SPAMHAUS ZEN End Begin Name: Spamhaus DBL Enabled: Y QueryType: Blacklist QueryForm: Domain Hostname: dbl.spamhaus.org Strictness: Range 127.0.1.2 - 127.0.1.255 Action: Reject Parameter: Message Rejected - Matched SPAMHAUS DBL End &nbsp;Has Spamcop changed their result codes recently?John.

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