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From j.@jmason.org (Justin Mason)
Subject Re: Problem with false-positives for SASL users
Date Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:59:45 GMT

martin f krafft writes:
> Hi,
> 
> we have a bunch of users who use our SASL-enabled SMTP server to
> relay their mail when on the road. This causes the following
> Received header:
> 
>   Received: from septumania (217-162-227-XXX.dclient.hispeed.ch [217.162.227.XXX])
>         (using SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits))
>         (Client did not present a certificate)
>         by gaia.aXXXb.ch (postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5981C4F52F;
>         Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:20:39 +0100 (CET)
> 
> Consequently, Spamassassin tags the message as spam:
> 
>   Content analysis details:   (5.5 hits, 5.0 required)
>   2.0 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL      RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address
>                               [217.162.227.XXX listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net]
>   1.8 RCVD_IN_DSBL           RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org
>                               [<http://dsbl.org/listing?217.162.227.XXX>]
>   1.7 RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL      RBL: NJABL: dialup sender did non-local SMTP
>                               [217.162.227.XXX listed in combined.njabl.org]
> 
> Well, sure, this makes sense, but how can I support this standard
> use-case? Postfix adding a SASL-header that causes Spamassassin then
> to ignore the message isn't the solution as spammers would simply do
> that sooner or later.

No, that is indeed the correct option.   You then combine that with
"trusted_networks" (or perhaps it's "internal_networks", not sure),
trusting the relay that adds the SASL line, and that'll fix it.

Spammers will not be able to force trusted hosts to add SASL
auth lines.

--j.

> Short of whitelisting people, what should
> I do?

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