Configuration Items

Last updated March 2020

The configuration options in the dp_config.lua file affect how the default policy script (default_policy.lua) behaves.

You can configure the following items:

msys.dp_config.whitelist – define IP addresses that are exempt from scripts
msys.dp_config.rbls – configure both DNS and RBLDNSD RBLs
msys.dp_config.early_talker – set early talker options
msys.dp_config.fcdns – define Full Circle DNS (FCDNS)
msys.dp_config.concurrent_connection_limits – set concurrent connection limits
msys.dp_config.mail_from_domain_validate – configure MAIL FROM domain validation
msys.dp_config.recipient_validation – Whether or not to perform recipient validation
msys.dp_config.relay_authorization – perform per-recipient or per-domain recipient validation
msys.dp_config.audit_series – this table is required to enable other audit series options
msys.dp_config.audit_series.invalid_smtp_auth – limit failed SMTP AUTH
msys.dp_config.audit_series.connections – limit the connection rate
msys.dp_config.audit_series.mailfrom – limit the MAIL FROM rate
msys.dp_config.audit_series.auth_user – limit the user SMTP AUTH rate.
msys.dp_config.audit_series.invalid_recipients – set the Directory Harvest Attack (DHA) parameters
msys.dp_config.audit_series.messages – set the message rate
msys.dp_config.audit_series.spam_mailfrom – set the SPAM MAIL FROM rate
msys.dp_config.audit_series.spam – set the spam rate
msys.dp_config.audit_series.virus – set virus thresholds
msys.dp_config.audit_series.virus_mailfrom – set the MAIL FROM virus thresholds
msys.dp_config.message_size_limits – set message size limits
msys.dp_config.beik – set the BEIK scanner parameters
msys.dp_config.commtouch – set the Commtouch parameters
msys.dp_config.cloudmark – set the Cloudmark parameters
msys.dp_config.antivirus – set the parameters for an anti-virus engine
msys.dp_config.keyword_filter – set the keyword filter parameters

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