>This looks similar to my own config, from which I think Steve adapted his.
I
>presume therefore that you're using a threshold of 3?

Yes.

>SWL is no longer active; the zone has been emptied.

Check.  Thanks.

>>   reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net
>>   reject_rbl_client psbl.surriel.com
>
>I would not use those two to reject outright.  If you wanted to do that,
why not
>just increase their postscreen scoring to 3?

Thanks.  Yes, that was kind of an indirect to my original question.  If
wanting to reject outright, increase score.

>>   reject_rbl_client cbl.abuseat.org,
>
>While there can be occasional slight lag between XBL (part of Zen) and CBL,
>that's not significant.  You already have this query, in effect, through
the Zen
>lookup.

Check.  Will remove.  

>- Second chance in case of slow DNS response to dnsblog(8)
>- Second chance in case a Zen-listed host was on one of your
>  DNS whitelist queries (these should be rare, and I think the
>  popular DNSWL services check Zen against their own lists.)
>
>Disadvantage:
>- The tiny time and CPU expenditure of the second, cached lookup
>
>> Any advise appreciated.
>
>It really can't hurt to leave it enabled, if it's a DNSBL you considered
worthy to
>use to block outright.  I would, however, advise you to remove the PSBL and
>spamcop smtpd restrictions.

Wilco.

Thanks Rob, much appreciated.




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