How did that one manage to get passed the SPAM filters?!

Riesling.Dry

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We got 2 identical SPAM mails (same bs, 2 diff. recipients).

How did these [insult goes here] manage to get passed Mail Gateway (which usually very reliably filters SPAM).
See if you can find the trick they used and eliminate their "backdoor", thanks :)

Possibly this:
"URIBL_BLOCKED 0.001 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [acevoic.today]"
or pretending to be sender and recipient at the same time?

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:35:11 +0200
From: "Gastrointestinal Problems" <healthydigestion@acevoic.today>
Reply-To: "Gastrointestinal Problems" <healthydigestion@acevoic.today>
Subject: I Went 20 Days Without Pooping
To: <ion@i***.***>
Message-ID: <1be2w8wjb0hc0230-savag0hiud5uo1ua-8a7@acevoic.today>
X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results:  2
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    URIBL_BLOCKED           0.001 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked.  See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [acevoic.today]

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            <p>Scientists have just discovered constipation is NOT the result of a bad diet or dehydration...</p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:12px; "><a href="http://acevoic.today/HR5sJ5DCqzy_HJZZ7gZn5PbeunzjJWtG6DBU8bJomVxp51"><img alt="Please UnSub_scribe Here!!" src="http://acevoic.today/7e0888f2e949547b.jpg" /> </a></p>
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:35:11 +0200
From: "Gastrointestinal Problems" <healthydigestion@acevoic.today>
Reply-To: "Gastrointestinal Problems" <healthydigestion@acevoic.today>
Subject: I Went 20 Days Without Pooping
To: <ion@i***.***>
Message-ID: <1be2w8wjb0hc0230-savag0hiud5uo1ua-8a7@acevoic.today>
X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results:  2
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            <p><strong>==&gt; <a href="http://acevoic.today/JHCHw67CxKcP0AYagFSFlfGmZC7fQxloYSmtKT-9jzQTzb1"> One Sure Sign That Constipation Is Caused By Terrifying Parasite</a></strong>...</p>
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Possibly this:
"URIBL_BLOCKED
Yes - this is very well possible - uribl is one of the most effective ways to detect spam (due to the links inside the mail being listed at urbil)

check out the getting started page in the pmg wiki
https://pmg.proxmox.com/wiki/index.php/Getting_started_with_Proxmox_Mail_Gateway

and especially the part about setting up a dedicated DNS server for PMG:
https://pmg.proxmox.com/wiki/index.php/DNS_server_on_Proxmox_Mail_Gateway


additionally consider disabling the autowhitelist feature:
AWL -0.875 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address

I hope this helps!
 
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Yes - this is very well possible - uribl is one of the most effective ways to detect spam (due to the links inside the mail being listed at urbil)
...setting up a dedicated DNS server for PMG
I hope this helps!
Thank you Stoiko!
After another one slipped though (SPAMMER: fiscal50582@fiscal95.idnotificacion2840232.com )
with URIBL_BLOCKED 0.001 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. ... [us.es,idnotificacion2840232.com]
I installed apt install unbound, changed /etc/resolv.conf to query 127.0.0.1, and the URIBL_BLOCKED messages are gone! :)


EDIT:
p.s. PMG now caught that one with the (now) working URIBL! :D

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