in both -r10 and -r11 of the qmail-1.03 ebuilds, rblsmtpd is called with no useful RBL hosts. this is in the call to tcp server in the run file: /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run: exec /usr/bin/softlimit -m 8000000 \ /usr/bin/tcpserver -H -R -v -p -x /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb \ -u $QMAILDUID -g $NOFILESGID 0 smtp rblsmtpd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd 2>&1 however, out of the source tarball, rblsmptd looks up only at rbl.maps.vix.com which is no longer in service. see http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp/rblsmtpd.html this is causing unnecessary dns lookups for incoming mail. i suggest that we remove the call to rblsmtpd from the qmail-smtpd run file. if we start putting in -r some.other.rbl.host options in the run file, we will have to maintain that list with valid rbl hosts; also, if we choose some rbl hosts to list there, then some users may not get some of their email with a default install of qmail on gentoo.
I vote for removing it from direct active use, but leaving it commented in the new control/conf-smtpd of r11.
I've implemented my suggestion on -r12 of qmail, look at /var/qmail/control/conf-smtpd or net-mail/qmail/files/1.03-r12/conf-smtpd to see it.
I agree with removing the rbl portion. This should be something that users choose or choose not to put in.
Ok, the change is already in place :-).
