RBL's and SA

[Elton <ehd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I split my (7) RBL's into separate filters, and was surprised that four of the seven are all but worthless.

Aprox. 22,000 spams in the last 10 days with "zero" false positives; SA Running "out of the box", no white-list, etc..

sbl.spamhaus.org.........48.55%

bl.spamcop.net...........21.23%

spam_assassin............19.22% *not an RBL

dnsbl.njabl.org..........10.14%

spamguard.leadmon.net.....0.69%

blackholes.uceb.org.......0.09%

relays.ordb.org...........0.06%

rdts.bl.reynolds.net.au...0.03%

*Note: Spam Assassin sits behind these RBL's; ie: the (7) rbl's are excluded in the SA_Filter -- SA would get more spam if it were not setup this way.

I figure if I "can" the bottom four RBL's, SA will pick-up what they get.  Also, since the RBL don't exclude each other, they may be getting duplicates; spamhaus.org may be getting what the bottom four is getting.

I know many people use ordb.org; alone -- what a joke.

Elton