From: Ralf Hildebrandt on
* donovan jeffrey j <donovan(a)beth.k12.pa.us>:
>
> On Apr 19, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
>
> > * donovan jeffrey j <donovan(a)beth.k12.pa.us>:
> >
> >> this system in question picks up mail ( primary MX ) for about 2000 users.
> >
> > This should well be within the limits. We're execeeding the limit at
> > about 30k users. Maybe you're using your ISPs DNS forwarder?
>
> Im not sure i understand. I know my isp pulls zone files from me, and runs a secondary dns server.

Show your /etc/resolv.conf

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From: John Peach on
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:09:38 -0400
donovan jeffrey j <donovan(a)beth.k12.pa.us> wrote:

>
> On Apr 19, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
>
> > * donovan jeffrey j <donovan(a)beth.k12.pa.us>:
> >
> >> this system in question picks up mail ( primary MX ) for about
> >> 2000 users.
> >
> > This should well be within the limits. We're execeeding the limit at
> > about 30k users. Maybe you're using your ISPs DNS forwarder?
>
> Im not sure i understand. I know my isp pulls zone files from me, and
> runs a secondary dns server. -j

Your nslookup shows you using 207.172.3.20 as a nameserver:

20.3.172.207.in-addr.arpa name = auth1.dns.rcn.net

Your ISP's nameserver. You need to run your own, so that you query
spamhaus directly. They are counting all the hits from RCN.


>


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John

From: donovan jeffrey j on

On Apr 19, 2010, at 9:15 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:

> * donovan jeffrey j <donovan(a)beth.k12.pa.us>:
>>
>> On Apr 19, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
>>
>>> * donovan jeffrey j <donovan(a)beth.k12.pa.us>:
>>>
>>>> this system in question picks up mail ( primary MX ) for about 2000 users.
>>>
>>> This should well be within the limits. We're execeeding the limit at
>>> about 30k users. Maybe you're using your ISPs DNS forwarder?
>>
>> Im not sure i understand. I know my isp pulls zone files from me, and runs a secondary dns server.
>
> Show your /etc/resolv.conf

ins2:~ root# cat /etc/resolv.conf
search beth.k12.pa.us
nameserver 10.135.1.2
nameserver 209.96.96.2
nameserver 207.172.3.20

ins2:~ root# nslookup zen.spamhaus.org
Server: 207.172.3.20
Address: 207.172.3.20#53

** server can't find zen.spamhaus.org: REFUSED


okay,.. Ill have to check this. to make sure my queries to zen are directly from my mail system does that sound right ?
-j
From: Ralf Hildebrandt on
* John Peach <postfix(a)johnpeach.com>:

> Your nslookup shows you using 207.172.3.20 as a nameserver:
>
> 20.3.172.207.in-addr.arpa name = auth1.dns.rcn.net
>
> Your ISP's nameserver. You need to run your own, so that you query
> spamhaus directly. They are counting all the hits from RCN.

apt-get install pdns-recursor

--
Ralf Hildebrandt
Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962
ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de | http://www.charite.de


From: Ralf Hildebrandt on
* donovan jeffrey j <donovan(a)beth.k12.pa.us>:

> ins2:~ root# cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search beth.k12.pa.us
> nameserver 10.135.1.2
> nameserver 209.96.96.2
> nameserver 207.172.3.20
>
> ins2:~ root# nslookup zen.spamhaus.org
> Server: 207.172.3.20
> Address: 207.172.3.20#53
>
> ** server can't find zen.spamhaus.org: REFUSED
>
>
> okay,.. Ill have to check this. to make sure my queries to zen are directly from my mail system does that sound right ?

Yes. Install a local caching DNS which directly queries the internet ...

--
Ralf Hildebrandt
Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962
ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de | http://www.charite.de