[NTLUG:Discuss] Configuring Postfix for anti-spam

[Brian Koontz]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 05:45:57PM -0500, Richard wrote:
> BUT
> What I'm really interested in is having someone get out their virtual 
> red pen and having a war on the proposed setup.  Is there anything 
> blaringly  wrong with the following setup of the 
> smtpd_restriction_classes and smtpd_recipient_restrictions?

All I can say is, hope you don't miss anything important :)  I think it's
quite silly to include every RBL known to man, especially those that
decide to list entire blocks as if they're doing a service to the world.

Here's a friendly suggestion: Use spam assassin and postgrey.  You'll get
99% of your spam, and you won't overload your network with needless
traffic RBL traffic.

Is my advice against the grain?  Of course...but then again, I've used my
e-mail address publicly for many years now, and have found the
SA/postgrey solution to be quite effective.  You might be more
comfortable with the "conventional wisdom" of random IP blocking.

  --Brian