Hi,

Much thanks. Lost ahbl, and glad to see it go.

Thanks.
Dave.


On 3/17/17, /dev/rob0 <r...@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 05:12:07PM -0400, David Mehler wrote:
>> I'm starting to see blocks on my messages to my mail server. For some
>> reason postscreen is not letting any gmail servers send mail, it's
>> blocking them.
>>
>> Has anyone got an idea or have you seen this?
>
> Typically you would SHOW LOGS of the blocking when asking for help,
> but in your case it's pretty obvious.
>
>> Here's my postscreen setup:
>>
>> # postscreen(8) settings
>> ### Before-220 tests
>> postscreen_greet_action = enforce
>> postscreen_blacklist_action = enforce
>> postscreen_dnsbl_action = enforce
>> postscreen_access_list = permit_mynetworks
>> cidr:/usr/local/etc/postfix/postscreen_access.cidr
>> postscreen_dnsbl_reply_map =
>> pcre:/usr/local/etc/postfix/postscreen_dnsbl_reply_map.pcre
>> postscreen_dnsbl_sites = zen.spamhaus.org*3
>>  b.barracudacentral.org*2
>>  bl.spameatingmonkey.net*2
>>  dnsbl.ahbl.org*2
>
> Closed as of 2015-01-01 when it began flagging EVERYTHING by means of
> a DNS wildcard.
>
> Read:
>   http://www.ahbl.org/ (click through to the main page) and
>   http://rob0.nodns4.us/postscreen.html
>
> In the latter start with the BIG FAT WARNING and then take special
> note of what it says about AHBL in the "Last Changes" section.
>
>>    bl.spamcop.net
>>  dnsbl.sorbs.net
>>  psbl.surriel.com
>>  bl.mailspike.net
>>  swl.spamhaus.org*-4
>>  list.dnswl.org=127.[0..255].[0..255].0*-2
>>  list.dnswl.org=127.[0..255].[0..255].1*-3
>>  list.dnswl.org=127.[0..255].[0..255].[2..255]*-4
>
> These are as I published them but they are wrong.  Better:
>    list.dnswl.org=127.0.[2..15].0*-2
>    list.dnswl.org=127.0.[2..15].1*-3
>    list.dnswl.org=127.0.[2..15].[2..3]*-4
> This corresponds to DNSWL.org's own usage instructions.
>
>> postscreen_dnsbl_threshold = 2
>> postscreen_dnsbl_whitelist_threshold = -2
>
> Looks familiar except you changed these two threshold values.  Just
> stick with what I have:
>   postscreen_dnsbl_threshold = 3
>   postscreen_dnsbl_whitelist_threshold = -1
>
> Your lower postscreen_dnsbl_threshold value caused every single AHBL
> listing (which, in case you didn't understand, now includes the
> entirety of the Internet) to be a rejection unless offset by a
> whitelist entry.
>
> Your higher whitelist threshold makes it more difficult to avoid the
> after-220 tests ...
>
>> ### End of before-220 tests
>> ### After-220 tests
>> ### WARNING -- See "Tests after the 220 SMTP server greeting" in the
>> ### Postscreen Howto and *UNDERSTAND* it *BEFORE* you enable the
>> ### following tests!
>> #postscreen_bare_newline_action = drop
>> #postscreen_bare_newline_enable = yes
>> #postscreen_non_smtp_command_action = drop
>> #postscreen_non_smtp_command_enable = yes
>> #postscreen_pipelining_enable = yes
>> #postscreen_pipelining_action = drop
>> ### ADDENDUM: Any one of the foregoing three *_enable settings may cause
>> ### significant and annoying mail delays.
>
> ... which in your case doesn't matter because you didn't enable them.
>
>> Any assistance appreciated.
>
> Lose AHBL.
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