I know you guys probably get more flames in these forums than thank you’s so I thought you’d like to hear from me.
On behalf my whole company. Thank you! We love our Intended Recipient Controls. YAY! No more dead mail. Thank you! We love our DNS Blacklists. YAY! Almost no more spam.
Thank you! Sniff We love you man!
Now if we could just get a whitelist for our DNS Blacklist in the event we ever do get a false positive we’d be very happy clams indeed, but we’ll be patient.
Anyway. Thanks for all the new R6 features that make admin’ing a domino server so much more pleasant. Good job guys/gals.
Somebody suggested I post the following workaround:
“Since DNS Blacklist Filters rely on Inbound Relay Controls to determine which hosts DNS queries are performed on, the relay exceptions field may also be used to exclude hosts from DNSBL checks. This field is located in the Server Configuration document: Router/SMTP → Restrictions and Controls → SMTP Inbound Controls → Inbound Relay Enforcement → “Exclude these connecting hosts from anti-relay checks”. Keep in mind that this is just a workaround. Any hosts listed in this field will also be allowed to relay through the server. Administrators must use caution when adding hosts to the relay exceptions field. These trusted hosts could potentially cause an open relay condition. Open relays are vulnerable to spammers and is one criteria for being included on a blacklist.”
Yes I’ve already seen that, but it’s not much of a work around. I’d rather not get mail from someone then choose to trust someone elses security (especially if they are in a black list). I figure if their on the black lists then they are there for a reason which should be resolved. Not being able to send email to just my company is the least of their problems.
Although, telling that to a VP in our sales department not getting an email from an important client has a tendency not to fly very well. I’d be willing to compromise with the VP and shoot for a whitelist approach but excluding them from a relay check is out of the question.
