RBL: How to exclude a SMTP IP address if its being blocked by SonicWall RBL filter?

SonicOS enhanced 5.4.0.0 firmware onwards the The Security Services | RBL Filter page has been moved to Anti-Spam | RBL Filter. Clicking the RBL Filter selection under Security Services in the left navigation pane will open the Anti-Spam | RBL Filter page.

SMTP Real-time Black List (RBL) is a mechanism for publishing the IP addresses of SMTP servers from which or through which spammers operate. There are a number of organizations that compile this information both for free http://www.spamhaus.org, and for profit http://www.mail-abuse.com. A well maintained list of RBL services and their efficacy can be found at:
http://www.sdsc.edu/~jeff/spam/cbc.html

1. Login to the SonicWall Management Interface
2. Go to Services Services | RBL Filter
3. Select the checkbox “Enable Real-time Black List Blocking”
4. Navigate to User-Defined SMTP Server Lists section

The User Defined SMTP Server Lists section allows for Address Objects to be used to construct a white-list (explicit allow) or black-list (explicit deny) of SMTP servers. Entries in this list will bypass the RBL querying procedure.

For example, to ensure that you always receive SMTP connections from a partner site's SMTP server,

- Create an Address Object for the server you added using the Add button,

The System | Diagnostics page also provides a Real-time Black List Lookup feature that allows for SMTP IP addresses (or RBL services, or DNS servers) to be specifically tested.

For a list of known spam sources to use in testing, refer to http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/latest.lasso