Thank you for the points. They are all well taken and filed away for future reference :)
Yes, this is my own personal email server. I run postfix with amavisd and all the good stuff that is installed when one installs the iRedMail package :) -----Original Message----- From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of pe...@ixp.jp Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:38 AM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: Blocking TLDs On Feb/19.15:36:11, Wolfe, Robert wrote: > I get a LOT of emails from domains that have *.download and *.xyz and > their TLDs and I was wondering if there was a way in Postfix that I > could block emails that are coming in from these (and other) TLDs at > the connection level? I'm actually a fan of using the DBL for domains of evil. (well, I've been using spamhaus stuff for a decade or more now.) While you can take the "your village sucks and all the people in it too." approach of rejecting *.TLD, you miss out on some juicy data points. If this is just your personal server, well and good. I'd block ".ru" on principle, but that is just me. Although checking suggests rambler.ru is enough to get rid of all my phish. If you have other users, you can bet your booties that someone wants to get mail from happythrobbingelephants.diet or something stupid like that. https://plus.google.com/+BunnyEvans/posts/8yHH1Mhcj8A We see that .DOWNLOAD, .CLICK and .REVIEW are actually deserving of the bit bucket, the others are less clearcut. postscreen also does a rocking good job of keeping out the chaff. P
