On 24-Jul-06 Simon Hobson wrote:
> Ted Harding wrote:
>
>>The reason I'm asking is that it turns out that the static IP
>>given me by my ISP (Zen) is in a block blacklisted by SORBS.
Thanks to all who have responded (on- or off-list).
Further discusssion on the Zen support forum has thrown up
the following link to SORBS's policy regarding de-listing:
http://www.nl.sorbs.net/faq/spamdb.shtml
One implication of this is that if someone's genuine IP address
has been forged in a mass spam (during the SMTP dialogue at the
EHLO stage, say), then SORBS would request a $50 "fine" for every
instance of spam sent from this forged address as a condition
for de-listing. The opinion expressed on the Zen forum was that
this amount to "extortion"; Zen say:
"As a consequence we are now requesting whitelisting or
dropping of SORBS to any organisations using SORBS as a
means of filtering incoming e-mail. If you find anyone
dropping your email due to sorbs then please try and get
in touch with the recipient e-mail administrator to request
they drop SORBS for blocking incoming email. If you want to
then you can forward the bounce message to support@xxxxxxxxx
with an appropriate note and we will also try contacting the
administrators to request whitelisting or dropping of SORBS."
One question in my original posting was whether MC use SORBS
either directly, or indirectly (e.g. because the JANET RBL
blacklist -- which MC do use -- itself draws on SORBS). I didn't
get a reply to this one, so I'm asking again!
With thanks,
Ted.
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