Re: [cobalt-developers] Adding spam blacklists to sendmail on a Cobalt server

[java <java@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So, now I've had it with spam and followed your directions. everything 
goes wel except for the cd /etc/sendmail, should be cd /etc/mail :-( .

But I had als this annoying WARNING dangerous write permissions. Is that 
normal??

Johan

ISPGuru wrote:

> I sent in a query about this a little while ago, but accidentally sent
> it from an unsubscribed address, so it will probably arrive AFTER I
> researched, found the answer to my question, and implemented and tested.
> Go figure.
>
> I have tried this on both a RaQ4 and a RaQ550 at current patchlevels.
> Adding these blacklists made a HUGE difference in the amount of spam
> arriving at the server.
>
>
>
> cd /usr/lib/sendmail-cf
> vi cf/cobalt.mc
> add the following lines (or those of your own choosing, if you have
> researched the issue) to the FEATURE section
>
> FEATURE(`dnsbl',`relays.ordb.org', `Rejected - see http://ordb.org/')dnl
>
> FEATURE(`dnsbl',`bl.spamcop.net',`Rejected - see
> http://spamcop.net/')dnl 
> FEATURE(`dnsbl',`sbl.spamhaus.org',`Rejected - see
> http://spamhaus.org/')dnl 
> FEATURE(`dnsbl',`blackholes.mail-abuse.org',`Rejected - see
> http://mail-abuse.org/')dnl
>
> m4 cf/cobalt.mc >/etc/mail/spamblock.cf
>
> Then go to the /etc/mail directory and backup and copy over the
> sendmail.cf file:
>
> cd /etc/sendmail
> mv sendmail.cf sendmail.cf.orig
> cp spamblock.cf sendmail.cf
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart
>
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>
> Bob German
> ISPGuru.com
>
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