[pmg-devel] [PATCH pmg-docs 1/2] close #2449: clarify DNSBL check in SMTP Whitelist

[Stoiko Ivanov]

Thanks for the clarification!

Reviewed-By: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov at proxmox.com>
On Wed, 27 May 2020 17:42:16 +0200
Mira Limbeck <m.limbeck at proxmox.com> wrote:

> Rename 'RBL' to 'DNSBL' to be consistent with the option under Mail
> Proxy -> Options. This should get rid of the confusion between the
> checks spamassassin does (RBL in our config) and the checks postscreen
> does (DNSBL in our config).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mira Limbeck <m.limbeck at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  pmg-intro.adoc | 2 +-
>  pmgconfig.adoc | 7 ++++++-
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/pmg-intro.adoc b/pmg-intro.adoc
> index 6a44396..7d90e41 100644
> --- a/pmg-intro.adoc
> +++ b/pmg-intro.adoc
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ lists of addresses linked to spamming.
>  SMTP Whitelist::
>  
>  Exclude senders from SMTP blocking. To prevent all SMTP checks
> -(Greylisting, Receiver Verification, SPF and RBL) and accept all
> +(Greylisting, Receiver Verification, SPF and DNSBL) and accept all
>  e-mails for the analysis in the filter rule system, you can add the
>  following to this list: Domains (Sender/Receiver), Mail address
>  (Sender/Receiver), Regular Expression (Sender/Receiver), IP address
> diff --git a/pmgconfig.adoc b/pmgconfig.adoc
> index fecc503..62944c3 100644
> --- a/pmgconfig.adoc
> +++ b/pmgconfig.adoc
> @@ -541,11 +541,16 @@ ifndef::manvolnum[]
>  endif::manvolnum[]
>  
>  All SMTP checks are disabled for those entries (e.g. Greylisting,
> -SPF, RBL, ...)
> +SPF, DNSBL, ...)
> +
> +DNSBL checks are done by `postscreen` which works on IP addresses and networks.
> +This means it can only make use of the `IP Address` and `IP Network` entries.
>  
>  NOTE: If you use a backup MX server (e.g. your ISP offers this service
>  for you) you should always add those servers here.
>  
> +NOTE: To disable DNSBL checks entirely, remove any `DNSBL Sites` entries in
> +xref:pmgconfig_mailproxy_options[Mail Proxy Options].
>  
>  [[pmgconfig_spamdetector]]
>  Spam Detector Configuration