[9front] Ratify questions

[9front] Ratify questions

[sirjofri]

Hello all,

After I received lots of spam mails in my standard inbox I tried using 
ratfs on my mail server. It seems to work according to the man page.

However, I have some wildcard blocks for certain domains configured and 
noticed that mails from these domains still come through. My 
configuration lines look like this:

   *block example.com!*
   *block *.example.com!*

Why? What could possibly go wrong?

The other question is more general. Managing block domains manually is 
tedious and doesn't save you from all sources. Integrating spamhaus (for 
example) would be a great addition. Has somebody tried that?

sirjofri

Re: [9front] Ratify questions

[Stanley Lieber]

validatesender checks /mail/lib/spamhaus, i update it via cron.

i still receive tons of spam.

sl


> On Apr 11, 2022, at 12:32 PM, sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9front@sirjofri.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> After I received lots of spam mails in my standard inbox I tried using ratfs on my mail server. It seems to work according to the man page.
> 
> However, I have some wildcard blocks for certain domains configured and noticed that mails from these domains still come through. My configuration lines look like this:
> 
>    *block example.com!*
>    *block *.example.com!*
> 
> Why? What could possibly go wrong?
> 
> The other question is more general. Managing block domains manually is tedious and doesn't save you from all sources. Integrating spamhaus (for example) would be a great addition. Has somebody tried that?
> 
> sirjofri
> 

Re: [9front] Ratify questions

[sirjofri]

Hello Stanley,

11.04.2022 19:25:10 Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>:
> validatesender checks /mail/lib/spamhaus, i update it via cron.

My mail server setup is quite old (or a little corrupt), I don't have a 
validatesender in my /mail/lib at all. I'll have to look where I can get 
that.

> i still receive tons of spam.

That's unfortunate. I hoped this would be better. On the other hand, I 
assume your mail address is published more often than mine?

sirjofri

Re: [9front] Ratify questions

[Stanley Lieber]

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not sure why validatesender isn’t included in the distribution, but it’s called by smtpd. here’s mine:

http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/mail/lib/validatesender

i used to use ratfs, but now i just add especially egregious offenders as -k flags to smtpd itself.

sl

> On Apr 11, 2022, at 4:55 PM, sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9front@sirjofri.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello Stanley,
> 
> 11.04.2022 19:25:10 Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>:
>> validatesender checks /mail/lib/spamhaus, i update it via cron.
> 
> My mail server setup is quite old (or a little corrupt), I don't have a validatesender in my /mail/lib at all. I'll have to look where I can get that.
> 
>> i still receive tons of spam.
> 
> That's unfortunate. I hoped this would be better. On the other hand, I assume your mail address is published more often than mine?
> 
> sirjofri
> 

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Re: [9front] Ratify questions

[Steve Simon]

i wrote a  spamhaus backend, jus simple rc code, i will dig it out.

i also extended ratfs a bit to allow you to block by reverse dns address. this allows you to block dialup/adsl/cable modem addresses easily as, at the time most of my spam came from botnets on peoples windows machines.

i probably still have that too.

-Steve


> On 11 Apr 2022, at 5:33 pm, sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9front@sirjofri.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> After I received lots of spam mails in my standard inbox I tried using ratfs on my mail server. It seems to work according to the man page.
> 
> However, I have some wildcard blocks for certain domains configured and noticed that mails from these domains still come through. My configuration lines look like this:
> 
>    *block example.com!*
>    *block *.example.com!*
> 
> Why? What could possibly go wrong?
> 
> The other question is more general. Managing block domains manually is tedious and doesn't save you from all sources. Integrating spamhaus (for example) would be a great addition. Has somebody tried that?
> 
> sirjofri