On 4/1/2016 10:13 AM, jaso...@mail-central.com wrote:
> I'm learning about whitelist scoring in postscreen_dnsbl_sites=
...
> 
> One of the servers that's been shown to me has, instead
> 
>       postscreen_dnsbl_sites=
>        ... BLACKLISTS ...
>        dwl.spamhaus.org=127.0.2.[2;3]*-3
>        swl.spamhaus.org=127.0.2.[12;13]*-3

...

> (2) If using Spamhaus for Blacklisting already, why not use 'dwl' too?  I 
> guess what I'm really asking is about the "*UNDERSTAND* it *BEFORE* you 
> enable" advice ... how/why to choose 'this' whitelist over 'that'?
> 

dwl.spamhaus.org lists domain names and is not compatible with
postscreen, which only knows the IP. dwl can be used in one of the
smtpd_*_restrictions sections.
http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#permit_rhswl_client
http://www.spamhauswhitelist.com

It's my understanding that the Spamhaus whitelists are essentially
empty, and have been for quite a while, so they aren't particularly
useful at this time.



  -- Noel Jones

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