Spamblocker2

[xcobaltdude]

I've noticed since adding Spamblocker2 that various IP's are blocled by bl.spamcop.net which are *not* listed at spamcop.

For example, email from 64.203.80.41 is rejected with "Email blocked by SPAMCOP - to unblock see http://www.xxxx.xxx" even though that IP (64.203.80.41) is *not* listed at spamcop. (Try it yourself).

Anybody else notice this? We're receiving complaints from a few clients that legitimate email is being blocked.

Exim.conf has the following for spamcop:
# deny using spamcop
deny message = Email blocked by SPAMCOP - to unblock see http://www.myfakedomainname.com/blocked.html
hosts = !+relay_hosts
domains = +use_rbl_domains
!authenticated = *
dnslists = bl.spamcop.net

For now, we're commenting out spamcop.....

 

[Chrysalis]

spamcop are very overly agressive I got email's of them listing legitimate email sent from my own server.

that doesnt help you with your problem tho sorry

 

[nobaloney]

Unless you're checking immediately you may not be finding IP#s in spamcop. Spamcop is fairly dynamic.

You can edit the /etc/exim.conf file to not use SpamCop.

If you do, be sure to restart exim.

Jeff

 

[Chrysalis]

yeah thats true they told me, if no more report's the ip gets removed after 24 hours automatically.

 

[nobaloney]

SpamCop is controversial. There are people that don't like it because it's easy to get on SpamCop.

It's also easy to get off SpamCop, and I find it works well for us.

Don't forget your whitelists; if you find emails are blocked by SpamCop you can easily whitelist them.

The SpamBlocker Plugin works with SpamBlocker Version 2 to to help you manage whitelists and blocklists easily, and MailBlocker Pro, when released, will allow control on a per-domain basis, including control of which domains use which blocklists.

Jeff