Re: [exim] DynaStop - I like it!

Peter Bowyer wrote:
> On 02/11/06, Marc Perkel <marc@???> wrote:
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>> Peter Bowyer wrote:
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>>> That's why DynaBlock, dynablock.njabl.org etc exist, and why people
>>> use them as part of their mail blocking strategy.
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>> Is dynablock.njabl.org the same thing as running DynaStop?
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> It's what Bill's been telling you to do instead of running DynaStop.
> It's a DNSBL which lists dynamic IP ranges which have mostly been
> submitted by the owning ISPs, specifically in order that people can
> block email originating from them.
>
> It's actively maintained, and arguably more accurate than DynaStop,
> since it lists real IPs rather than relying on patterns in hostnames.
> Bill argues that the caching nature of DNSBL lookups gives this
> mechanism an advantage over having to pass every presenting hosts's
> RDNS through a load of regexps - he's probably right for some patterns
> of traffic.
>
> Peter
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I might use both. Since what I'm doing is sort of greylisting based on
it I have have some errors without loosing any good email.