[BlueOnyx:03823] Re: YUM updates (2010-03-02)

[Jeff Folk]

>> I have zen listed first as well, but it doesn't do anything.  I tried
>> pinging spamhaus.org and got an unknown host.  How can a server use  
>> an RBL
>> if the host is unknown?
>
> I found the answer to that on the SpamHaus site, they are zones, not
> servers.
>
> Michael, what changed from BQ to BX that would stop Zen dead in its  
> tracks?
> I looked through the sendmail.mc's line by line and found only the  
> accept
> unresolved domains entry.  Enabling that didn't enable Zen.  I find  
> it hard
> to believe that the spammers simply stopped just because I switched  
> to BX.
> ;-)

I swear it is working on my BX box:

       1 Mar  4 10:01:58 box1 sendmail[4232]: o24G1rox004232:  
ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<xxx at qzoneinc.com>,  
relay=honolulu.icycolddays.net [69.175.125.124], reject=550 5.7.1 <xxx at qzoneinc.com 
 >... Rejected: 69.175.125.124 listed at zen.spamhaus.org
       1 Mar  4 10:04:42 box1 sendmail[4624]: o24G4XTs004624:  
ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<xxx at qzoneinc.com>, relay=[213.154.13.9],  
reject=550 5.7.1 <xxx at qzoneinc.com>... Rejected: 213.154.13.9 listed  
at zen.spamhaus.org
       1 Mar  4 10:11:00 box1 sendmail[5431]: o24GB0DT005431:  
ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<xxx at qzoneinc.com>, relay=[208.71.175.135],  
reject=550 5.7.1 <xxx at qzoneinc.com>... Rejected: 208.71.175.135 listed  
at zen.spamhaus.org
       1 Mar  4 10:12:45 box1 sendmail[5693]: o24GCiug005693:  
ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<xxx at qzoneinc.com>,  
relay=189-111-94-158.dsl.telesp.net.br [189.111.94.158] (may be  
forged), reject=550 5.7.1 <xxx at qzoneinc.com>... Rejected:  
189.111.94.158 listed at zen.spamhaus.org

Is there maybe a typo in your dnsbl line? I do have delay_checks  
turned on in my config, but then it was blocking some of my users'  
outgoing mail as well...