The above is exactly the reason (well not the only reason), that we now use Qmail instead of sendmail.
I never liked the idea of someone else, with an agenda that I'm sure doesn't coinside with mine, telling me who I should talk to or not. When the source code defaulted to using these "services" that's when I bailed on sendmail.
Where does sendmail "default" to using the MAPS RBL? Not a single "default" mc file contains any reference to it: $ grep dnsbl /usr/local/src/sendmail-8.12.0.Beta17/cf/cf/*.mc $ It must be explicitly enabled with the FEATURE(dnsbl) rule in your sendmail.mc file. Try to connects facts and reality before making statements like that, ok? Unless, of course, you work in M$'s FUD department, in which case, its part of the job description, and understandable. D -- +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | dredd@megacity.org | "Conan! What is best in life?" | | Derek J. Balling | "To crush your enemies, see them | | | driven before you, and to hear the | | | lamentation of their women!" | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+