How can I tunr off the Network tests (RBLs) ???  Just to probe if it
can make the delivery faster. 

  


On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 04:05 +0000, Ned Slider wrote:

> Gary V wrote:
> > 
> > 6 seconds seems somewhat typical. Mostly due to network tests. Some
> > RBLs are no longer and you could turn the non functional RBL rules off
> > by setting to 0. I'm not sure which ones though. Maybe someone else
> > knows.
> > 
> 
>  From my own stats of hits against DNSBLs and URIBLs for the last ~1000 
> spam (these results are typical for me):
> 
> ## DNSBL Statistics ##
>     1223 RCVD_IN_ZEN (Spamhaus PBL, SBL or XBL)
>     1067 RCVD_IN_UCE_COMBINED (UCEPROTECT level 1, 2 or 3)
>     1052 RCVD_IN_PBL
>      900 RCVD_IN_UCEPROTECT3
>      834 RCVD_IN_UCEPROTECT2
>      678 RCVD_IN_SBLXBL
>      427 RCVD_IN_UCEPROTECT1
>      163 RCVD_IN_PSBL
>      105 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET
>       15 RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB
>       14 RCVD_IN_NJABL_PROXY
>        1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL
>      1329 Total Spam
> 
> ## URIBL Statistics ##
>     1060 URIBL_BLACK
>      829 URIBL_JP_SURBL
>      695 URIBL_OB_SURBL
>      611 URIBL_SC_SURBL
>      444 URIBL_SBLXBL
>      440 URIBL_WS_SURBL
>      427 URIBL_AB_SURBL
>      163 URIBL_RHS_DOB
>       42 URIBL_PH_SURBL
>      1329 Total Spam
> 
> Spamhaus Zen is highly effective for me and hits on >90% of spam when 
> used as -lastexternal, and is the only DNSRBL I'd trust to use at the 
> smtp level. I've also added custom rules for UCE Protect levels 1-3 and 
> PSBL blacklists. I wouldn't use either at the smtp level as they do 
> generate the occasional FP, but UCE Protect is useful in a scoring 
> environment such as SA. For me NJABL, SORBS and pretty much anything 
> else are a waste of space relative to the effectiveness of Spamhaus. If 
> you can implement Spamhaus Zen at the smtp level then blocking ~90% of 
> spam before it ever reaches SA is hugely beneficial to system load and 
> the rest could probably be dropped from SA with minimal impact.
> 
> I also find the URIBLs to be very effective, especially URIBL_BLACK. 
> Between Bayes and my top DNSRBLs and URIBLs, nothing gets through - 
> everything else is just bumping the score further past the spam threshold.
> 
> I'd recommend taking a look at your own stats to see which are effective 
> for you and maybe drop those that are ineffective or, better still, look 
> at ways to pre-filter spam at the smtp level before it ever reaches 
> amavisd/SA so as to reduce the load (for example, 
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix_restrictions). A good setup like 
> this can easily block the vast majority of spam at the smtp level 
> meaning that your server/SA now primarily only has to deal with the ham 
> and an insignificantly small proportion of spam.
> 
> BTW, checking my logs I note typical delays of 4-6secs on a 3.0GHz quad 
> core server with 4GB RAM running 4 amavisd child processes that handles 
> a very light load.
> 
> -Ned
> 


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