> The tests you performed were manually directed at the rbldns server. > However, RBL queries are done using standard DNS lookups, and are > therefore subject to the normal DNS recursive lookup algorithm. > > So if you didn't delegate the RBL base domain (rbl.mail...) to the > rbldns server, your DNS resolver will not know to send RBL queries > there. > > Specifically, if the following query on your mail server: > > $ dig rbl.mail.premiernet.net ns > > fails, so will all your RBL lookups to your RBL base domain. > > - Adrian
Yes, and the problem is that I am not running a seperate RBL server. I simply want a process on the mail server listening only on localhost. There is only one mail server and I have no interest in providing RBL service to others. My focus here is on simplicity and efficiency. Ken ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0004en _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
