I received the following email today from Covad - our access provider.
It looks like they have a problem with Declude checking inbound emails
against a realtime blackhole list. (The problem could also be several
emails we've received lately with hundreds of recipients, many of which
were
Correction: We're not connecting to the RBL 12000 times an hour - we're
connecting to Covad's nameservers 12000 times an hour.
Kevin Rogers wrote:
I received the following email today from Covad - our access
provider. It looks like they have a problem with Declude checking
inbound emails
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From: Kevin Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declude.Virus@declude.com
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:03 PM
Subject: [Declude.Virus] Covad has a problem with our RBL
I received the following email today from Covad - our access provider.
It looks like they have a problem with Declude checking inbound
for DNS forwarding. In this way, you won't abuse Covad's
name servers.
Andrew 8)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rogers
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:03 PM
To: Declude.Virus@declude.com
Subject: [Declude.Virus] Covad has a problem
Kevin,
This is normal. Many providers don't appreciate their DNS servers being
used for RBL lookups.
What you need to do is set up a DNS server on your IMail server and
point IMail to query that server instead of the one operated by Covad.
The performance of your machine will also likely
Of Darrell
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:19 PM
To: Declude.Virus@declude.com
Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] Covad has a problem with our RBL
Yes, its very possible.
10 RBLS x 1200 emails in an hour is easily 12K hits.
The 10 RBLS is also conservative. I am sure
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 05:19 PM
To: Declude.Virus@declude.com
Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] Covad has a problem with our RBL
Yes, its very possible.
10 RBLS x 1200 emails in an hour is easily 12K hits.
The 10 RBLS is also
Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rogers
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:42 PM
To: Declude.Virus@declude.com
Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] Covad has a problem with our RBL
Thanks for the response guys. You're talking to a newb, so bear with
me
