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**Examples of Email Server Configurations for utilizing the Outbound Index**

DiY - do-it-yourself options with peer support

ExpertAssisted - utilize major hardware and OS vendors with full support contracts, plus experienced industry experts to install and maintain

OutSource - have Outbound Index email pre-processing done for you by an outside service company.

The Outbound Index can be queried by the vast majority of email servers, via multiple DnsBL style queries, for which configuration is well-documented. The lists are not open for public querying - request access via your member Dashboard. However, greater functionality is available by configuring your mail system to perform SIQ protocol queries as explained below.

**SIQ Protocol**

The <a href="http://outboundindex.org/siqprotocol.html">SIQ protocol</A> queries include both the sender domain and the sending server IP address.

SendmailConfiguration This configuration has been working since July 2003 in a production environment of about 800 email users.

Configuration examples for other MTAs will be posted here as they become available:

PostfixConfiguration

QmailConfiguration

ExchangeConfiguration

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Here is an open source SIQ utility which requires python ( http://python.org/ .) It sends an SIQuery and displays the response. (Remember that your queries will be ignored until you have listed the IP address you wish to query from, using the Outbound Index Dashboard.)

http://outboundindex.org/3rdparty/siq.py.txt

(works with Windows as well as Unix)

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Resources for DNSBL and RHSBL mail server configuration (not for SIQ protocol)

http://www.dnsbl.us.sorbs.net/using.html

http://rfc-ignorant.org/how_to_domain.php

http://rfc-ignorant.org/how_to_ip.php

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