Milter-greylist

Hi all!

Just learning how to use milter-greylist. I'm making progress, but
have something I don't understand. Given these definitions in the
greylist.conf file:

        list "greydomains" domain { megabulkmessage/[0-9]*/.com }

and

        racl blacklist list "greydomains" spf self

without the "spf self" most of the megabulkmessage-originated messages
come back with a valid SPF...

I still find things from megabulkmessage***.com being greylisted. for
example:

begin 644 /dev/stdout
M3V-T(#(Q(#$R.C4X.C`V(&9C<VAO;64@;6EL=&5R+6=R97EL:7-T.B!S;69I
M7V=E='-Y;79A;"!F86EL960@9F]R('MD865M;VY?<&]R='TL('5S:6YG(&1E
M9F%U;'0@<VUT<"!P;W)T"D]C="`R,2`Q,CHU.#HQ-"!F8W-H;VUE(&UI;'1E
M<BUG<F5Y;&ES=#H@=3E,1W<V,S@P,3,R,C$Z(&%D9'(@6S$Q,RXQ.#(N,30V
M+C$X-%U;,3$S+C$X,BXQ-#8N,3@T72!F<F]M(#QF;&5C:&5S9$!I;G1R869A
M8W1O<GER+FUE9V%B=6QK;65S<V%G93<Y+F-O;3X@=&\@/&9R961E>$!F8W-H
M;VUE+G-T;VYE:&%M+FUA+G5S/B!D96QA>65D(&9O<B`P,#HR,#HP,"`H04-,
M("D*3V-T(#(Q(#$R.C4X.C$T(&9C<VAO;64@<V5N9&UA:6Q;,3,R,C%=.B!U
M.4Q'=S8S.#`Q,S(R,3H@36EL=&5R.B!T;ST\9G)E9&5X0&9C<VAO;64N<W1O
M;F5H86TN;6$N=7,^+"!R96IE8W0]-#4Q(#0N-RXQ($=R97EL:7-T:6YG(&EN
A(&%C=&EO;BP@<&QE87-E(&-O;64@8F%C:R!L871E<@H*
`
end

** SORRY, I had to uuencode that because my ISP kept rejecting the
** outgoing mail "due to spam content" if I just quoted the lines
** directly from /var/log/maillog. 


I had thought that being blacklisted would cause the milter to just
drop the message. apparently I'm wrong about that, or have something wrong
in my greylist.conf file.

I'd appreciate some advice on this. Thanks in advance for your help! :)

Fred

PS:
Though I'm still working on the best way to configure milter-greylist,
I'm already seeing a LOT less spam than I was. (I've had the same email
address and domain since somewhere around 1995, give or take, so I'm
well known to all the spammers.)

-- 
---- Fred Smith -- fredex@... -----------------------------
  "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
  Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He 
 will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding
      it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever."
------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ------------------------------

Fred Smith fredex@... [milter-greylist]
<milter-greylist@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> I still find things from megabulkmessage***.com being greylisted. for
> example:

Do they have a valid SPF record?

-- 
Emmanuel Dreyfus
http://hcpnet.free.fr/pubz
manu@...

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 06:02:41AM +0200, manu@... [milter-greylist] wrote:
> Fred Smith fredex@... [milter-greylist]
> <milter-greylist@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> > I still find things from megabulkmessage***.com being greylisted. for
> > example:
> 
> Do they have a valid SPF record?
 they have one that lets them pass if I don't use SPF SELF. does that
mean its valid?

-- 
---- Fred Smith -- fredex@... -----------------------------
               Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths;
                     Guide me in your truth and teach me,
                         for you are God my Savior,
                    And my hope is in you all day long.
-------------------------- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) --------------------------------

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 06:49:08AM -0400, Fred Smith fredex@... [milter-greylist] wrote:
> > Do they have a valid SPF record?
>  they have one that lets them pass if I don't use SPF SELF. does that
> mean its valid?

A catch-all is valid. spf self let you detect it.

-- 
Emmanuel Dreyfus
manu@...