--On 18 October 2006 02:20:39 +0300 Stuart Gall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 17 Oct 2006, at 18:09, Ian Eiloart wrote: > >>> TXT= "Net 83.19.0.0/16 is Level 3 listed at UCEPROTECT-Network. See >>> http://www.uceprotect.net/en/index.php?m=7&s=8"; >> >> To be fair, they do recommend that users don't block at level 3. > > Blocking the whole class B network is highly unlikely to be restricted to > the spammers > They only require 200/65535 IPs to block the lot. > It is also unclear if the 200 have to be from different class C networks, > as I read http://www.uceprotect.net/en/index.php?m=3&s=5 > I understand that if 200 ips from a single class C network generate spam > then the whole class B is listed > 559: Throwing the baby out with the bath water error I agree with you, and with UCEPROTECT, that their level 3 list shouldn't be used for rejecting email. They recommend that if it's used at all, it should be used for scoring. I think your reading of their description is correct, it doesn't say that more than 1 class C should be involved. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
