

Now, navigate to Exim Configuration Manager. It may be worth it to note that we observed unexpected results when using 127.0.0.1. Enter the public IP address of your server as the Primary Resolver and complete the wizard. Once BIND is working, navigate to Resolver Configuration. BIND is an excellent choice and may already be selected and working.

From within WHM, navigate to Nameserver Selection. Most public DNS servers quickly get blocked due to excessive queries. It's extremely important to use a caching nameserver for DNS blocklists to work properly. Now, if you have root access to your cPanel server, let's tweak a few settings in WHM. This causes the Bayesian system to learn high-scoring mail as spam and low-scoring mail as ham. With regards to Bayesian filters, for training we simply use the default autolearn settings.

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Note that Barracuda requires free registration.īesides the RBLs, we've also assigned higher-than-default scores to Bayesian filters, a moderately high score to SPF_FAIL, and a score of 0 to SPF_PASS and SPF_NEUTRAL. Score RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 0 1.246 0 1.347 # false positives - occasionally blocks Hotmail. (We find the "free for most" providers most helpful.) Here's the standard ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file that we offer to our users:ĭescribe URIBL_BLACK Contains a URL listed in ĭescribe RCVD_IN_SBL Rcvd via a relay in Spamhaus SBL (Direct UBE)ĭescribe RCVD_IN_XBL Last ext relay in Spamhaus XBL (exploits)ĭescribe RCVD_IN_PBL Last ext relay in Spamhaus PBL (Non-MTA IPs)ĭescribe URIBL_DBL_SPAM Contains a URL listed in the Spamhaus DBLĭescribe RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT Last external relay in Barracuda RBL These blocklists have an extremely low false positive rates and are operated on a "free for most" basis. We've chosen to increase the default scores for URIBL.COM, Spamhaus, and Barracuda. SpamAssassin comes pre-configured with several good blocklists. We have observed very accurate detection using a combination of DNS blocklists, Bayesian filters, and SPF. Keep reading to see the rules we use and why we use them, as well as statistics for actual mail addressed to Mango's personal email address. Though some of the techniques in this article are related to cPanel servers, the most important points should work with any mail server running SpamAssassin. We're delighted to say we've developed a simple configuration that results in extremely high accuracy. For some time we've been frustrated by the amount of spam not caught by our spam filter.
