I agree, SORBS is definitely not something that I would ever use to do straight rejects or deletes. It is better used with Spamassassin, Declude or some other sort of weighted system. It's not that I consider their results inaccurate. If anything, they are hyper-accurate. For example, if they see "legitimate" spam coming from a specific Hotmail server, don't be shocked if that specific Hotmail server is blacklisted. Obviously, most postmasters don't want to block all e-mail coming from even one Hotmail server, but having it listed may be just what is needed to push the score for a particular e-mail from non-spam to spam levels.
There are enough other lists out there which are dependable enough for doing straight rejects without the need for further tests (Spamhaus is an excellent example). SORBS isn't trying to be one of those, nor do I believe that they will claim that they are. William Van Hefner Network Administrator Vantek Communications, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. > Scott Perry > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SORBS Blacklist > > > > We were listed at SORBS many months ago, for some completely > unexpected and unknown reason (we don't send spam). > > FYI, there is no one "SORBS" spam databases -- they have a number of > different spam databases. That doesn't matter much, but can > be helpful > information in some cases. > > > Numerous attempts to process a removal request through > their system > have failed. > > They did the same thing to me. They made me jump through > hoops (such as > signing up for an account there), only to say that in some cases they > simply won't remove IPs, even if they do not meet their listing > criteria. It's "Guilty until proven innocent", with no way to prove > innocence. > > > Apparently a lot of mail admins still use SORBS, because we > frequently get rejected when delivering totally > > legitimate email to our CLIENTS. > > I find that only a small percentage of mailservers block > based on any of > the SORBS spam databases. For those that do, I forward the bounce > message (usually with my originally response to them removed, so they > can't just simply forget about it), and a note about how they need > better anti-spam software (which if they are blocking *just* > based on a > SORBS test is true). > -Scott > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
