Pegasus Mail & Mercury

I receive some email from legitimate servers that appear to be in the NJABL blacklist.  Is there some way to WHITELIST these server addresses?

Thanks for any assistance you can provide!

Charlie

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> I receive some email from legitimate servers that appear to be in the NJABL blacklist.  Is there some way to WHITELIST these server addresses?

Personally I'd never use a blacklist like this.  Legitimate mail servers may get caught by a blacklist but they really should not stay on the list long enough to ever cause a real problem.

That said you can run your own white list ahead of the blacklists to bypass this problem.

I have the following whitelist entry as the first entry on the spam control page.

Begin
Name: Local White List
Enabled: Y
QueryType: Whitelist
QueryForm: Address
Hostname: local.white.lis
Strictness: Normal
Action: Reject
End

and the following hosts file

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.2    2.94.128.209.local.white.lis
127.0.0.2    196.100.128.209.local.white.lis
127.0.0.2    44.225.156.192.local.white.lis

which white lists the specified IP addresses which are entered backwards. For example the first entry is whitelisting 209.128.94.2.

I am interested in using this technique for a few of my important customers.  In fact I think I have it all set.   I just have one quick question

 Do I simply put the entry

127.0.0.2    30.0.222.24.local.white.lis

in my regular host file

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

or  in a hosts file located in the mercury directory

 Is there any way to tell it is actually working other than hope they get on a blacklist??

 Thanks,

 Jim

Do I simply put the entry

127.0.0.2    30.0.222.24.local.white.lis

in my regular host file

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Yes

Is there any way to tell it is actually working other than hope they get on a blacklist??

I tested this by picking one of the IP addresses I see over and over bounced by the blacklists in the MercuryS log and it worked so I (ass-u-me)d all would work.  ;-)

Thanks for that tipp!

Just as addition: Works also well (IMHO even better, because I can whitelist IPs in [Connection Control] tab but AFAIK I cannot whitelist sender domains in any config dialog) for domain based whitelist:
BTW: This gets IMHO more and more important to ensure email reception from small companies that have their own domain (taylor-walters.com) but are hosted with (too) large providers or consumer providers.

MS_SPAM.MER:
Begin
Name: LocalWhiteList - domain based
Enabled: Y
QueryType: Whitelist
QueryForm: Domain
Hostname: local.white.lis
Strictness: Normal
Action: Reject
End

hosts file:

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost

## Domain based WhiteList for Mercury (any entry MUST end with ".local.white.lis")
#127.0.0.2                .local.white.lis
127.0.0.2                important.com.local.white.lis
127.0.0.2                myfriends.com.local.white.lis
127.0.0.2                taylor-walters.com.local.white.lis

Regards, Rainer