---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Rick Leske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 01:02:07 -0500
>discuss wrote:
>
>> We are not an open relay 63.172.199.25 - we are very anti-spam
and
>> do not allow our users to even relay with smtp auth. We are
>> running and have been running imail 7.06 - no upgrades or
changes
>> recently, we have had the exact same setup for years.
>>
>> We have never been an open relay. Never. Never. Never ever.
>> Did I say never? Or even, never ever?
>>
>> Yet both postfix and spambag have us listed. spambag seems
>> impossible and uncaring to get off - postfix wants to know what
>> emails have been blocked - well how in the hell am I supposed
to
>> know?
>>
>>
>> WE ARE NOT AN OPEN RELAY AND WE HAVE NEVER BEEN AN OPEN
>>
RELAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> !!!!!!
>>
>>
>> I am so f'ing pissed right now. We work so hard for a quality,
>> secure, spam free system only to have crap like this. Users
are
>> pissed and thinking maybe I only give spam lip service.
>>
>> So can anyone point out a - how this happened? Don't tell me
Ihad
>> to be an open relay. That just is not true and could not have
>> happened. I even went through the logs to see if some bizarre
>> hack had happened against us - nothing out of the ordinary in
the
>> smtp logs. Our web log W2020531.log is about 4 times the size
it
>> normally is. Any ideas?
>>
>> I am waiting for my new service agreement so I can't upgrade.
Any
>> ideas? Any help? I am losing my mind.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chet
>
>
>Chet,
>
>I've checked 5 major services:
>
>25.199.172.63.relays.ordb.org -> 0.0.0.0
>25.199.172.63.relays.osirusoft.com -> 0.0.0.0
>25.199.172.63.orbs.dorkslayers.com -> 0.0.0.0
>25.199.172.63.list.dsbl.org -> 0.0.0.0
>25.199.172.63.relays.visi.com -> 0.0.0.0
>
>All of which show negative results (good thing) and a couple of
these
>database's are very, very strict.
>
>Apparently they've listed a lot of sprintlink - Spambag:
>63.160.0.0-63.175.255.255
>
>I'd suspect that postfix has done the same for the same reason.
>
>Being that major isp's with the BIG $$$ really don't care about
>spam/viruses it would be my advice to you to either 1) send them
a
>'friendly' email explaining your situation with the negative
results
>from above and ask them to de-list you. 2) Find a reputable
internet
>provider (good luck on that)..
>
>This is just another FINE example of why we need the anti-spam
law
>passed in the US. At least it'll help curb some of the spam/porn.
>
>~Rick
>
>
>
Argh. Thanks. I can understand one named spambag - but postfix?
The whole block? pretty loose rules. We are leaving sprint in mid
june and that will fix it - but I hate to ever be on any of these
lists for any reason. Some of these lists seem poorly thought
out.
Thanks,
Chet
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