Can I Block Spam Using Spamhaus?

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Can I Block Spam Using Spamhaus?

A company called 'Spamhaus' was in the news. I went to their website ( http://www.spamhaus.org/)and they said you can easily block spam for free by:

..simply set your mail server's DNSBL check to query sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org only

What does that mean? Can an ordinary .mac user do that?

Thanks,

David

Posted on Sep 17, 2006 6:26 AM

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Allan Sampson

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Sep 17, 2006 7:18 AM in response to Dave13

Hello David.

This is for those running a mail server.

The Spamhaus Block List ("SBL") can be used by almost all modern mail servers, by setting your mail server's anti-spam DNSBL feature (sometimes called "Blacklist DNS Servers" or "RBL servers") to query sbl.spamhaus.org.
Use of the SBL is free for individuals operating small mail servers as long as your email traffic is low. Commercial users, corporate networks and ISPs need to purchase a yearly subscription to use the service.

Do you run a mail server?

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Sep 17, 2006 11:53 PM in response to Dave13

Dave,

if you want to use the spamhaus blacklist in your client, you could use JunkMatcher - it allows the use of up to three blacklists for spam identification and nicely works together with Mail's own junk filter:

http://junkmatcher.sourceforge.net

Andreas

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