Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-13 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
[copied off list message back to list] Russ Ringer wrote: On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:02:58 -0500, you wrote: On 09/12/2005 5:52 PM, Justin Mason wrote: Matt Kettler writes: Really I think the use of notfirsthop in DUL testing is just plain broken. SA should only be checking the host that drops

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Matt Kettler
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: > On 09/12/2005 6:30 PM, Matt Kettler wrote: > >> >> Russ, Actually it looks like in SA 3.0.x and SA 3.1.0 the >> trusted_networks >> setting doesn't matter that much. > > > Just so it's clear for anyone following along, Matt is referring to > trusted_networks' affect o

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 09/12/2005 6:30 PM, Matt Kettler wrote: Russ, Actually it looks like in SA 3.0.x and SA 3.1.0 the trusted_networks setting doesn't matter that much. Just so it's clear for anyone following along, Matt is referring to trusted_networks' affect on DUL rules. Regardless of how it affects DUL

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Matt Kettler
Russ Ringer wrote: > On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 23:16:13 -0800, you wrote: > > >>>Even with TRUSTED_NETWORKS set, the RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL rule is >> >>triggered. I don't see how this is correct, when the IP address that >>triggered it was not the last hop. This rule should only be triggered >>when "sent di

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 09/12/2005 6:13 PM, Russ Ringer wrote: This does look kind of fishy. I think I see why the rule was tripped. 209.30.176.199 is listed in SORBS DUL Looks like they are running proxy+ on a PPoX pool computer and relaying through it, so I guess it makes sense to trip the rule, or does it? As I

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Russ Ringer
On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 23:16:13 -0800, you wrote: >> Even with TRUSTED_NETWORKS set, the RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL rule is >triggered. I don't see how this is correct, when the IP address that >triggered it was not the last hop. This rule should only be triggered >when "sent directly from dynamic IP address"

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 09/12/2005 5:52 PM, Justin Mason wrote: Matt Kettler writes: Really I think the use of notfirsthop in DUL testing is just plain broken. SA should only be checking the host that drops off to your MX against the DULs. It shouldn't be backtracking further. To be honest, I'm inclined to agre

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Justin Mason
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matt Kettler writes: > Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: > > > Mail to internal users (from roaming users) isn't the problem though. > > It's mail to external sites that see that my smart host is the second > > "public IP hop" and look it up in DUL. Since m

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 09/12/2005 5:30 PM, Matt Kettler wrote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: Mail to internal users (from roaming users) isn't the problem though. It's mail to external sites that see that my smart host is the second "public IP hop" and look it up in DUL. Since my telco continues to refuse to change m

Thanks a lot [empty body] [Was: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test]

2005-12-09 Thread mouss
Daryl C. W. O'Shea a écrit : On 09/12/2005 5:17 PM, mouss wrote: should I consider their "pop" server as an MX (I query it via fetchmail) or is SA aware of fetchmail? It's between their MX and you, so include it (along with their actual MX, and any other hosts in between). thanks a lo

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Matt Kettler
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: > Mail to internal users (from roaming users) isn't the problem though. > It's mail to external sites that see that my smart host is the second > "public IP hop" and look it up in DUL. Since my telco continues to > refuse to change my generic rDNS, my static IP has been

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 09/12/2005 5:17 PM, mouss wrote: should I consider their "pop" server as an MX (I query it via fetchmail) or is SA aware of fetchmail? It's between their MX and you, so include it (along with their actual MX, and any other hosts in between).

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread mouss
Daryl C. W. O'Shea a écrit : This seems to be the case. one question here (or two?): - some mail is relayed by an MSP. should I add his IP to the trusted_networks so that SA "gets deeper" or should I just let SA do its usual work? Include the IPs for any host that receive mail on your behalf

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 09/12/2005 4:55 PM, mouss wrote: Matt Kettler a écrit : This seems to be the case. one question here (or two?): - some mail is relayed by an MSP. should I add his IP to the trusted_networks so that SA "gets deeper" or should I just let SA do its usual work? Include the IPs for any host

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread mouss
Matt Kettler a écrit : I don't think it should. It should however trust your INBOUND header stating that the mail was delivered from the apache.org listserv. I'm not trying to make it trust your outbound headers, I'm actually trying to make sure it DOES NOT trust them. In fact, I'm trying to ma

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 09/12/2005 4:42 PM, Matt Kettler wrote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: The situation still sucks though. I can't have remote users use ESMTPSA to send mail through our servers (without stripping received headers before sending the message) since they'll have a public IP. Sure you can. At lea

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Matt Kettler
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: > > The situation still sucks though. I can't have remote users use ESMTPSA > to send mail through our servers (without stripping received headers > before sending the message) since they'll have a public IP. Sure you can. At least, if you're using SA 3.1.0 it will aut

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 09/12/2005 12:03 PM, Matt Kettler wrote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: I suspect that the lack of affected mail in the scoring corpus is the reason why it's gone unnoticed. I'd been meaning to run tests to compare the hits between: -- notfirsthop and firstuntrusted I'd love to see that. J

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Matt Kettler
mouss wrote: > Matt Kettler a écrit : > >> >> That's kinda weird. Let's get a trusted_networks setup done properly and if >> that >> doesn't fix it, we'll revisit this. > > > as Joan, said, it is because my mail is sent to the ML, then is received by > my server. I don't think my SA should "tr

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread mouss
Matt Kettler a écrit : That's kinda weird. Let's get a trusted_networks setup done properly and if that doesn't fix it, we'll revisit this. as Joan, said, it is because my mail is sent to the ML, then is received by my server. I don't think my SA should "trust" my headers. trusted_networ

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-09 Thread Matt Kettler
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: > I suspect that the lack of affected mail in the scoring corpus is the > reason why it's gone unnoticed. I'd been meaning to run tests to > compare the hits between: > > -- notfirsthop and firstuntrusted I'd love to see that. > -- notfirsthop and "not private and

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Loren Wilton
> Even with TRUSTED_NETWORKS set, the RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL rule is triggered. I don't see how this is correct, when the IP address that triggered it was not the last hop. This rule should only be triggered when "sent directly from dynamic IP address" If someone hasn't suggested it already, post your

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Russ Ringer
OK, thanks for the clarification. I'm not sure if I trust myself, but my mailserver now trusts itself :) ->Russ

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 08/12/2005 4:53 PM, Matt Kettler wrote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: On 08/12/2005 3:52 PM, Matt Kettler wrote: Technically, the "notfirsthop" is a misnomer, and a carry over from really old 3.x reverted to the old way. Try it out. I see you are correct. But why on earth did the deve

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Matt Kettler
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: > On 08/12/2005 3:52 PM, Matt Kettler wrote: >> Technically, the "notfirsthop" is a misnomer, and a carry over from >> really old > > 3.x reverted to the old way. Try it out. > I see you are correct. But why on earth did the devels take a giant step backwards and do t

RE: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Bowie Bailey
From: Russ Ringer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:24:29 -0500, you wrote: > > >On 08/12/2005 12:01 AM, Russ Ringer wrote: > > > >> and > >> score ALL_TRUSTED 0 > > > >What prompted you to zero the score for ALL_TRUSTED? If you are > >seeing external mail with this rule hitti

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Matt Kettler
Russ Ringer wrote: > I think I did this a long time ago when I got scores lowered from > ALL_TRUSTED. Nothing is trusted, it only gets mail from outside. Bad admin, no biscuit.. "Nothing is trusted" is impossible in SA. You *MUST* trust at least one host (your own server). In fact, it's impossib

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Russ Ringer
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:24:29 -0500, you wrote: >On 08/12/2005 12:01 AM, Russ Ringer wrote: >> I have: >> internal_networks 10.0.0 > >As long as your trusted_networks are the same (or blank as >internal_networks will be copied if I remember correctly), that setting >is fine as long as, on the ma

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 08/12/2005 3:24 PM, Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: On 08/12/2005 12:01 AM, Russ Ringer wrote: I have: internal_networks 10.0.0 As long as your trusted_networks are the same (or blank as internal_networks will be copied if I remember correctly), that setting is fine as long as, on the machin

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Matt Kettler
Russ Ringer wrote: >>Is your trusted_networks set correctly? Note: if you have a NATed mailserver >>you >>MUST set this manually, otherwise SA will mis-detect external mailservers as >>being a part of your network and this rule will misfire. >> >>Other common signs of incorrect trusted_networks ar

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 08/12/2005 3:52 PM, Matt Kettler wrote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: That's not what the rule is looking for (the last hop). The rule will lookup any hop that is NOT the FIRST hop. Since the mail first passes through a proxy (the hop we don't check as long as there are other external hops) and

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Matt Kettler
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: > On 08/12/2005 12:10 PM, Russ Ringer wrote: > >> Even with TRUSTED_NETWORKS set, the RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL rule is >> triggered. I don't see how this is correct, when the IP address that >> triggered it was not the last hop. This rule should only be triggered >> when "sent d

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 08/12/2005 12:10 PM, Russ Ringer wrote: Even with TRUSTED_NETWORKS set, the RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL rule is triggered. I don't see how this is correct, when the IP address that triggered it was not the last hop. This rule should only be triggered when "sent directly from dynamic IP address" That's

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 08/12/2005 12:01 AM, Russ Ringer wrote: I have: internal_networks 10.0.0 As long as your trusted_networks are the same (or blank as internal_networks will be copied if I remember correctly), that setting is fine as long as, on the machine running SpamAssassin, mail.avtcorp.com resolves t

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Russ Ringer
On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 03:34:44 -0800, you wrote: >score ALL_TRUSTED 0 > >This is simply masking the problem, not setting trusted_networks correctly. >And it is only masking the obvious problem - there are inobvious problems >that will still score incorrectly. > >If you remove that line and start seei

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Loren Wilton
score ALL_TRUSTED 0 This is simply masking the problem, not setting trusted_networks correctly. And it is only masking the obvious problem - there are inobvious problems that will still score incorrectly. If you remove that line and start seeing ALL_TRUSTED hits where you don't think they should

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-08 Thread Michael Monnerie
On Donnerstag, 8. Dezember 2005 04:33 Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Or one uses the safer aggregation list which doesn't > contain spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net. save.dnsbl.sorbs.net seems to be good (for me at least). mfg zmi -- // Michael Monnerie, Ing.BSc --- it-management Michael Monnerie // http://zmi.at

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread Russ Ringer
>Is your trusted_networks set correctly? Note: if you have a NATed mailserver >you >MUST set this manually, otherwise SA will mis-detect external mailservers as >being a part of your network and this rule will misfire. > >Other common signs of incorrect trusted_networks are ALL_TRUSTED matching s

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread Russ Ringer
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:31:21 +0100, you wrote: >2. next check if that IP delivered directly to you (= your mail server) or >not. >If yes, then this hit is legitimate. It's not your IP and it delivered >directly to you. That's exactly the kind of IP you want to check if it is >on a blacklist.

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread jdow
From: "Kai Schaetzl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jdow wrote on Wed, 7 Dec 2005 19:18:31 -0800: And it seems SORBS in whatever wisdom they have has Mouss' free.fr smtp host tagged. Well, if you would just go and check you'd know why it is on their list: http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ip4r.ch?ip=212.27

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Jdow wrote on Wed, 7 Dec 2005 19:18:31 -0800: > And it seems SORBS in whatever wisdom they have has Mouss' > free.fr smtp host tagged. Well, if you would just go and check you'd know why it is on their list: http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ip4r.ch?ip=212.27.42.29 As you see it's on their "spam re

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread jdow
From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mouss wrote: Matt Kettler a écrit : Russ Ringer wrote: Why did this message trigger these rules? The email was not sent directly from a dial-up IP. Is your trusted_networks set correctly? Note: if you have a NATed mailserver you MUST set this man

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Mouss wrote on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:35:32 +0100: > my own messages to this list get a RCVD_IN_SORBS on my own SA. my first > reaction is to remove all sorbs tests (because I don't believe in > sorbs), but I still wanna understand why this happens. You have to make a distinction between an IP bei

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread Matt Kettler
mouss wrote: > Matt Kettler a écrit : > >> Russ Ringer wrote: >> >>> Why did this message trigger these rules? >>> The email was not sent directly from a dial-up IP. >> >> >> >> Is your trusted_networks set correctly? Note: if you have a NATed >> mailserver you >> MUST set this manually, otherwise

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread mouss
Matt Kettler a écrit : Russ Ringer wrote: Why did this message trigger these rules? The email was not sent directly from a dial-up IP. Is your trusted_networks set correctly? Note: if you have a NATed mailserver you MUST set this manually, otherwise SA will mis-detect external mailservers as

Re: false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread Matt Kettler
Russ Ringer wrote: > Why did this message trigger these rules? > The email was not sent directly from a dial-up IP. Is your trusted_networks set correctly? Note: if you have a NATed mailserver you MUST set this manually, otherwise SA will mis-detect external mailservers as being a part of your net

false positive in RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL test

2005-12-07 Thread Russ Ringer
Why did this message trigger these rules? The email was not sent directly from a dial-up IP. RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL RBL: NJABL: dialup sender did non-local SMTP [209.30.176.199 listed in combined.njabl.org] RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address