[KLUG Members] ORDB in the maillog

[Bruce Smith]

> I;m running through my mail server configuration, and I added the rule:
> 
> FEATURE(`dnsbl', `relays.ordb.org', `"Email blocked using ORDB.org - see
> <http://ORDB.org/lookup/?host="$&{client_addr}">"')dnl
> 
> to my sendmail.mc.  This refuses connections from hosts that are known
> open relays.
> 
> But how can one tell if a message is rejected?  I've been hovering over
> /var/log/maillog and don't see anything that looks like it refers to
> this.  Anyone know what and ordb bounce looks like in the maillog?

I don't know about ORDB, but Spamcop DNSBL puts entries in maillog.

It appears like the log entries are coming from spamcop, so I don't know
what happens if ORDB doesn't send back messages.

Sep 17 11:09:14 mail sendmail[15227]: g8HF9Ai15227: ruleset=check_relay,
arg1=c252.h061013161.is.net.tw, arg2=61.13.161.252,
relay=c252.h061013161.is.net.tw [61.13.161.252], reject=553 5.3.0 Spam
blocked see:http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml? 61.13.161.252


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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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