Email Whitelist-Blacklist Control
Maintainer
Originally developed by Darrell May.
Version
Description
This contrib provides a server-manager panel to designate user defined email whitelists and blacklists.
An email whitelist is a list of hosts, domains, or email addresses which will be accepted by SME Server regardless of possible spam content or origin. Administrators should use caution when using whitelists as email coming from whitelisted addresses will bypass many of the mechanisms that SME provides for identifying unsafe email messages.
An email blacklist is a list of hosts, domains, or email addresses that will be blocked all of the time.
Installation
Install of the lastest Email Whitelist-Blacklist package is from the smecontribs repo:
Install package:
yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs smeserver-wbl
yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs smeserver-wbl
Reconfigure machine:
signal-event console-save
or if you prefer to reboot your server
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
yum --enablerepo smecontribs install smeserver-wbl
Reconfigure machine:
signal-event console-save
or if you prefer to reboot your server
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
Configure:
Once you do this a new menu item will be visable in the Server-Manager on the left hand side, called E-mail WBL traffic is scanned and may be blocked due to the various screening methods enabled. Clicking on this will present you with 3 buttons.
You may use this panel to define e-mail white/black lists and RBLs.
RBL's List is used to adjust DNSBL and RHSBL. [RBLs List]
Black lists are used for rejecting e-mail traffic. [Black List]
White lists are used for accepting e-mail traffic. [White List]
If you press the Black List button you will see the following window.
If you press the White List button you will see the following window.
If you press the RBLs List button you will see the following window.
And finally If you press the SAVE button this will apply any of the changes you made, wait for confirmation message.
Usage Examples
Black Lists: REJECT
The qpsmtpd badhelo is effective in examining the SMTP HELO string and then block mail based on this string. Entries follow the following format.
something.a.somehost.com
To find the proper string to enter on the qpsmtp badhelo line. 1. Open an offending email. 2. Open the header of the email. 3. Look for a line that says, (HELO something.a.somehost.com) Partial strings will not work, E.G. in the previous example somehost.com will not work. It must be the complete HELO string.
Alternatively you may use the ip address. Again look in the header for the Helo line. It may look something like this,
Received: from smtprelay0207.c.somehost.com (HELO smtprelay.c.somehost.com) (123.111.123.321) Now simply add the IP address you found in the HELO line.
123.111.123.321
Badmailfrom
@host or user@host
White Lists: ACCEPT
Whitelisthosts - see this post http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,51429.0.html
Single IP
192.168.10.1
Subnets
192.168.10. (be careful - with no trailing . you match 192.168.100 - 192.168.109. ) 192.168
WhitelistHELO
host.domain.com
Whitelistsenders
joe@foo.com foo.com
Known Issues
See bugs below
Bugs
Please raise bugs under the SME Contribs section in bugzilla .
| ID | Product | Version | Status | Summary (6 tasks) ⇒ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12649 | SME Contribs | 11.0 | CONFIRMED | SME11 remove /etc/e-smith/templates/var/service/qpsmtpd/config/badmailfrom |
| 10472 | SME Contribs | Futur | CONFIRMED | NFR Add subnet checking to whitelist hosts |
| 10117 | SME Contribs | Futur | CONFIRMED | add support for URIBL |
| 9276 | SME Contribs | 8.2 | CONFIRMED | design and documentation of qpsmtpd wbl vs spamassassin white or black lists |
| 9275 | SME Contribs | 8.2 | CONFIRMED | wbl whitelist status switch does nothing in server manager |
| 4664 | SME Contribs | 7.3 | CONFIRMED | Redesign wbl dbase to improve efficiency |
Changelog
Only released version in smecontrib are listed here.
- Edit Menu entry to conform to new arrangements [SME: 12493]
2024/02/25 Jean-Philippe Pialasse 0.5.0-8.sme
- reload qpsmtpd config on panel update [SME: 12490]
2022/04/17 Jean-Philippe Pialasse 0.5.0-7.sme
- fix multiple rpm owned files [SME: 11678]
- Add in class def in overall div in ep file [SME: 11828]
- fix reference update in server manager [SME: 11687]