NAME URILocalBL - blocklist URIs using local information (ISP names, address lists, and country codes) SYNOPSIS This plugin creates some new rule test types, such as "uri_block_cc", "uri_block_cidr", and "uri_block_isp". These rules apply to the URIs found in the HTML portion of a message, i.e. markup. loadplugin Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URILocalBL Why local blocklisting? There are a few excellent, effective, and well-maintained DNSBL's out there. But they have several drawbacks: * blocklists can cover tens of thousands of entries, and you can't select which ones you use; * verifying that it's correctly configured can be non-trivial; * new blocklisting entries may take a while to be detected and entered, so it's not instantaneous. Sometimes all you want is a quick, easy, and very surgical blocklisting of a particular site or a particular ISP. This plugin is defined for that exact usage case. RULE DEFINITIONS AND PRIVILEGED SETTINGS The format for defining a rule is as follows: uri_block_cc SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME cc1 cc2 cc3 cc4 .. uri_block_cc SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME !cc1 !cc2 .. or: uri_block_cont SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME co1 co2 co3 co4 .. uri_block_cont SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME !co1 !co2 .. or: uri_block_cidr SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME a.a.a.a b.b.b.b/cc or: uri_block_isp SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME "Data Rancid" McCarrier Phishers-r-Us Example rule for matching a URI in China: uri_block_cc TEST1 cn If you specify list of negations, such rule will match ANY country except the listed ones (Finland, Sweden): uri_block_cc TEST1 !fi !se Continents uri_block_cont works exactly the same as uri_block_cc. This would block the URL http://www.baidu.com/index.htm. Similarly, to match a Spam-haven netblock: uri_block_cidr TEST2 65.181.64.0/18 would match a netblock where several phishing sites were recently hosted. And to block all CIDR blocks registered to an ISP, one might use: uri_block_isp TEST3 "Data Rancid" ColoCrossing Quote ISP names containing spaces. Lastly, if there's a country that you want to block but there's an explicit host you wish to exempt from that blocklist, you can use: uri_block_exclude TEST1 www.baidu.com if you wish to exempt URL's referring to this host. The same syntax is applicable to CIDR and ISP blocks as well. DEPENDENCIES The Country-Code based filtering can use any Mail::SpamAssassin::GeoDB supported module like MaxMind::DB::Reader (GeoIP2) or Geo::IP. ISP based filtering might require a paid subscription database like GeoIPISP.