Emails rejected due to SpamHaus blacklist (zen.spamhaus.org)

[webxtek]

Hi everyone,

Since yesterday, several users on my server have been complaining that they can't receive emails, although sending works fine.

After checking, Exim4 seems to be running normally. However, when I checked the mainlog, I found multiple messages like this:

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2025-02-26 20:36:53 H=mail-ej1-f41.google.com [209.85.218.41] X=TLS1.3:ECDHE_X25519__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_128_GCM:128 CV=no F=<[email protected]> rejected RCPT <[email protected]>: Rejected because 209.85.218.41 is in a black list at zen.spamhaus.org

I manually checked, and none of these IPs appear to be blacklisted. However, every single incoming email is being filtered as blacklisted.

Is anyone else facing this issue since yesterday?
What can I do to fix it?

Thanks!

[webxtek]

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I just commented out both lines in /etc/exim4/dnsbl.conf, and that solved the issue, but it’s not an ideal fix. I’m not sure what changed to cause this behavior. Any suggestions are welcome—thank you very much!

[isscbta]

If you see this or a similar entry in the Exim log, it means your server is affected by the issue:

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2025-02-26 17:19:11 H=mail-lf1-f48.google.com [123.123.123.123] X=TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128 CV=no F=<[email protected]> rejected RCPT <[email protected]>: Rejected because 123.123.123.123 is in a black list at zen.spamhaus.org

SpamHaus has unexpectedly and without clear explanation decided to blacklist numerous IP addresses, including entire IP ranges. Since MyVesta, by default, uses their blacklist for filtering, this has caused issues with email delivery.

Until this issue is resolved at a higher level, you can temporarily bypass the SpamHaus filter by running the following command:

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sed -i '/zen.spamhaus.org/d' /etc/exim4/dnsbl.conf

This will disable filtering through SpamHaus, allowing emails to be sent normally.

[isscbta]

Update:

We've released myVesta update - Version 0.9.9-0-12 [28-Feb-2025].
The update will remove SpamHaus DNSBL from exim4.

[T4B]

hey i want to know if this removed from myvestacp it is bad for emails ? or safe to remove it and move forward ?