Re: Blocking google IPs?
Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[email protected]>
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>On 21/02/2025 05:26, Alex wrote: >>What should the policy be on blocking Google IPs? >> >>* 2.3 RCVD_IN_PSBL RBL: Received via a relay in PSBL >>* [209.85.208.194 listed in psbl.surriel.com [1]] >>* 2.2 RCVD_IN_SENDERSCORE_30_49 RBL: Senderscore.org score of 30 to 49 >>* [209.85.208.194 listed in score.senderscore.com [2]] >>* 0.0 RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 RBL: Average reputation (+2) >>* [209.85.208.194 listed in wl.mailspike.net [3]] >> >>These are IPs used by millions(?) of users that apparently have been >>abused by enough to warrant the above to penalize them, but the >>alternative is either having to welcomelist the sender or somehow >>remove the IP locally from being checked. Both options are only >>after they've been blocked at least once. And this is only one >>Google IP - how many others could there be? >> >>Ideas greatly appreciated. On 21.02.25 06:33, Noel Butler wrote: >No special treatment, if you need to, whitelist by sender, >whitelisting google en mass is fraught with danger, they are in the >top 3 biggest spam emitters of all time round these parts. avoiding checking google ranges in DNS*Ls could make sense, at least we'd avoid excessive DNS requests towards them and getting blocked there. however the only SA way I can think of is adding 209.85.128.0/17 and 74.125.0.0/16 to trusted_networks which would result into ALL_TRUSTED hitting. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [email protected] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Windows 2000: 640 MB ought to be enough for anybody