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When private blacklists are enabled, the SMTP listener task compares the names of hosts that may be subject to relay enforcement against the private blacklist prior to performing DNS blacklist queries. This prevents unnecessary DNS lookups. If the host is found in the private blacklist, the action specified in the field "Desired action when a connecting host is found in a private blacklist" in the Private Blacklist Filters section of the Configuration Settings document applies. If the host is not found in the private blacklists, processing continues with DNS whitelist filters and then DNS blacklist filters.
Enabling the use of private blacklist filters
This procedure assumes you have previously set up a Configuration Settings document for the server.
1. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.
2. Click Configurations.
3. Select the Configuration Settings document for the server on which you are enabling the private blacklist filters.
4. Click Router / SMTP - Restrictions and Controls - SMTP Inbound Controls.
5. Complete these fields in the Private Blacklist Filters section and then click Save and Close.
Choose "Enabled" to allow the SMTP listener task to determine if connecting hosts have been blacklisted, that is, if connecting hosts have been entered in the field "Blacklist the following hosts".
By default, this setting is disabled.
IP ranges and masks are supported. Wildcards can be used except within ranges.
The format specifier '%s' can be used to insert the IP address of the connecting host. For example, enter the following text: Your host %s was blacklisted. When Domino rejects a message from the blacklisted host 127.0.0.1, the following error message appears: Your host 127.0.0.1 was blacklisted.
The SMTP listener task maintains a cumulative count of the number of connections accepted from blacklisted hosts, and stores that count in the SMTP.PrivateBL.TotalHits statistic. The SMTP.PrivateBL.TotalHits statistic is part of the SMTP statistics package and can be viewed using the Domino Administrator client or from the server console by entering the following command:
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