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.IX Title "Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URILocalBL 3pm"
.TH Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URILocalBL 3pm "2022-09-10" "perl v5.34.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
URILocalBL \- blocklist URIs using local information (ISP names, address lists, and country codes)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
This plugin creates some new rule test types, such as \*(L"uri_block_cc\*(R",
\&\*(L"uri_block_cidr\*(R", and \*(L"uri_block_isp\*(R".  These rules apply to the URIs
found in the \s-1HTML\s0 portion of a message, i.e. <a href=...> markup.
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  loadplugin    Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URILocalBL
.Ve
.PP
Why local blocklisting? There are a few excellent, effective, and
well-maintained \s-1DNSBL\s0's out there. But they have several drawbacks:
.IP "\(bu" 2
blocklists can cover tens of thousands of entries, and you can't select which ones you use;
.IP "\(bu" 2
verifying that it's correctly configured can be non-trivial;
.IP "\(bu" 2
new blocklisting entries may take a while to be detected and entered, so it's not instantaneous.
.PP
Sometimes all you want is a quick, easy, and very surgical blocklisting of
a particular site or a particular \s-1ISP.\s0 This plugin is defined for that
exact usage case.
.SH "RULE DEFINITIONS AND PRIVILEGED SETTINGS"
.IX Header "RULE DEFINITIONS AND PRIVILEGED SETTINGS"
The format for defining a rule is as follows:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&  uri_block_cc SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME cc1 cc2 cc3 cc4 ..
\&  uri_block_cc SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME !cc1 !cc2 ..
.Ve
.PP
or:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&  uri_block_cont SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME co1 co2 co3 co4 ..
\&  uri_block_cont SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME !co1 !co2 ..
.Ve
.PP
or:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  uri_block_cidr SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME a.a.a.a b.b.b.b/cc
.Ve
.PP
or:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  uri_block_isp SYMBOLIC_TEST_NAME "Data Rancid" McCarrier Phishers\-r\-Us
.Ve
.PP
Example rule for matching a \s-1URI\s0 in China:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  uri_block_cc TEST1 cn
.Ve
.PP
If you specify list of negations, such rule will match \s-1ANY\s0 country except
the listed ones (Finland, Sweden):
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  uri_block_cc TEST1 !fi !se
.Ve
.PP
Continents uri_block_cont works exactly the same as uri_block_cc.
.PP
This would block the \s-1URL\s0 http://www.baidu.com/index.htm.  Similarly, to
match a Spam-haven netblock:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  uri_block_cidr TEST2 65.181.64.0/18
.Ve
.PP
would match a netblock where several phishing sites were recently hosted.
.PP
And to block all \s-1CIDR\s0 blocks registered to an \s-1ISP,\s0 one might use:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  uri_block_isp TEST3 "Data Rancid" ColoCrossing
.Ve
.PP
Quote \s-1ISP\s0 names containing spaces.
.PP
Lastly, if there's a country that you want to block but there's an explicit
host you wish to exempt from that blocklist, you can use:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  uri_block_exclude TEST1 www.baidu.com
.Ve
.PP
if you wish to exempt \s-1URL\s0's referring to this host. The same syntax is
applicable to \s-1CIDR\s0 and \s-1ISP\s0 blocks as well.
.SH "DEPENDENCIES"
.IX Header "DEPENDENCIES"
The Country-Code based filtering can use any Mail::SpamAssassin::GeoDB
supported module like MaxMind::DB::Reader (GeoIP2) or Geo::IP.  \s-1ISP\s0 based
filtering might require a paid subscription database like GeoIPISP.