Re: [vps-mail] Sendmail - going from spammers.db to access.db

[Marjolein Katsma <tfyj8lv02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:20 2003-11-21, Abigail wrote:
>MK> 1. Can I gradually migrate from spammers.db to
>MK> access.db? Or, put differently, will there be
>MK> interference when I have both? I'd prefer a gradual
>MK> transition if possible.
>
>You can use both, although for convenience I think it is
>easier to migrate everything to access when you have a
>chance. I found this out the hard way when someone legit.
>complained that their email was being bounced, and I
>couldn't figure out why since it wasn't listed anywhere in
>the access file. Finally, after much wasted time, I
>remembered to check the spammers file and found their ISP
>was blocked there.

Good point!

Luckily I have a well-organized spammers file although I hadn't maintained it much it a while. Everything is sorted by TLD, TLD's by general/area/country, and within those blocks I had alphabetical email addresses and then alphabetical domains.

So - what I did was:
- keep the same ordering for access, but move *only* the domains
- keep the separate email addresses in spammers (but remove the domains): that way there could be no interference
- reject messages wil be different so I'll be able to see if any of those email addresses still "triggers"; but I expect they're outdated anyway.
- if I no longer get any rejects from the info in spammers, I can just discard it (I'll wait a while before doing that, though)

Apart from what I "moved" from spammers, I added the inteded To: rules to access.db - and have already seen rejects based on that (so access.db is working).
It's also nice that with access I can make up my own messages (so the spams from "Dell Hell" get their very own reject message now ;-)

Thanks,


-- 
Marjolein Katsma

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