Russell Robinson wrote: > I got blacklisted at uceprotect.net because of an automated system that sent > mail to a spamtrap. > > However, on reflection, it must of course be blacklisting based on RCPT > queries. > > Here's a scenario that can cause this: > > 1. Website runs a forums which protects registrations with CAPTCHA. > > 2. Human being (or smart bot) signs up for the forum, solves the CAPTCHA, > then > enters an email address that is a spamtrap address. > > 3. Forum software sends email to that address as the last part of verifying > the user. (Email goes to the spamtrap.) >
This is probably the wrong forum to state it but, I would consider a listing based on the situation you describe to be a false positive. Spam trap poisoning has been around as long as there have been spam traps and measures need to be taken to ensure that every message received by a trap really is a spam message and not something like an innocent 3rd party doing COI attempts - a methodology that people running the spam traps are probably also advocates for. I can't speak for them, but that is certainly my view. If you're doing all the right things, in a perfect world you would not be penalised. We do not live in a perfect world. -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
