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diff --git a/dns/p5-Net-DNSBL-MultiDaemon/pkg-descr b/dns/p5-Net-DNSBL-MultiDaemon/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1fb15867970b --- /dev/null +++ b/dns/p5-Net-DNSBL-MultiDaemon/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Net::DNSBL::MultiDaemon is the Perl module that implements the multi_dnsbl +daemon. + +multi_dnsbl is a DNS emulator daemon that increases the efficacy of DNSBL +look-ups in a mail system. multi_dnsbl may be used as a stand-alone DNSBL or as +a plug-in for a standard BIND 9 installation. multi_dnsbl shares a common +configuration file format with the Mail::SpamCannibal sc_BLcheck.pl script so +that DNSBL's can be maintained in a common configuration file for an entire +mail installation. + +Because DNSBL usefulness is dependent on the nature and source of spam sent to +a specific site and because sometimes DNSBL's may provide intermittant service, +multi_dnsbl interrogates them sorted in the order of greatest successful hits. +DNSBL's that do not respond within the configured timeout period are not +interrogated at all after 6 consecutive failures, and thereafter will be +retried not more often than once every hour until they come back online. This +eliminates the need to place DNSBL's in a particular order in your MTA's config +file or periodically monitor the DNSBL statistics and/or update the MTA config +file. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/~miker/Net-DNSBL-MultiDaemon-0.18/MultiDaemon.pm |