Thanks Scott ... I take your advice !!!! Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Blacklist file
> > >That being the case I seem to have a problem ... I have blocked > >211.158.49.39/24 as > > 211.158.49.39/24 (FYI, it's better to write it as "211.158.49.0/24", > setting the non-significant numbers to 0) is the range from 211.158.49.0 > through 211.158.49.255. But: > > >211.158.43.177 > >211.158.49.39 > >211.158.40.36 > >211.158.92.125 > >211.158.85.160 > > Only one of these falls in the range from 211.158.49.0 through 211.158.49.255. > > The easy way to handle this would be to block the Class B range from > 211.158.0.0 through 211.158.255.255, by using "211.158.0.0/16". The more > thorough way would be to go to www.DNSstuff.com and enter one of the IP > addresses into IPWHOIS, to block the exact IP range that was allocated (to > prevent blocking too much or too little). However, it shows that those IPs > are allocated to 3 separate IP ranges, so you're dealing with a nasty > situation. The good news is that 211.158.0.0/16 appears to be all Chinese > IPs, and skipping any political debate, China has an *extremely* serious > spam problem that they need to deal with -- so I wouldn't personally have a > problem blocking the whole 211.158.0.0/16 range (unless you normally > receive a large volume of E-mail from China). > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. > Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you have been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
