I've seen hints of the bad. I've also seen what it takes to get off the spews.org blacklist, too. WOW! One really needs to bite their tongue! Spews takes sides with a moral issue than a technical issue. So, if you have been tainted with the presents of a Spammer, you have to rid your entire organization with any trace before you can be removed from the list.
On Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 1:21:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] confabulated: > If you think that's bad, you should check out the postfix list. > Seriously, this is and has always been the most helpful list I subscribe > to (and I subscribe to LOTS of lists). Dan B's post is not really > indicative of the rest of the list, even if his advice was spot on. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duane Hill > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:06 AM > To: Dan Barker > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] advancedhiring.com > On Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 12:48:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > confabulated: >> That's a great way to get YOU blacklisted, you spammer! > Look! There's no need for name calling here. I'm on this list for a > reason just like you. To learn from other people's experiences. I've > taken your advise below into consideration and will be moving in > that direction. Not only with IMail but our other MTAs as well. I > can see your point without the comment above. Your reaction has left > one more bad checkmark in my book about askingg or recommending > advise to this list in the future. I hold a pretty low profile on > this list as it is. >> If it's not acceptable at receipt, REJECT it. >> If it's determined later to be junk, DELETE it. >> Bouncing spoofed email back to the poor sucker whose email has been >> spoofed is EXTREMELY irresponsible. Change ALL those rules to DELETE > immediately. >> Some folks (myself included) object to being spammed, even from >> mail-admins that didn't "create" the original message. You DID >> "create" the NDR and it's just spam, plain and simple. >> Dan Barker >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Duane Hill >> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:19 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] advancedhiring.com >> On Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 11:21:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> confabulated: >>> So you have it listed under 'Trusted DNS Blacklists' in IAdmin? >> Well, not in IMail. IMail doesn't BOUNCE a blacklisted host's >> messages prior to receiving the body of the message. That lends to >> say that IMail probably does not check the RBL list upon SMTP >> connection either. I could be wrong on this point. Therefore, one is >> only left with placing blacklists in the 'DNS Blacklists (insert >> X-Headers)' box and leaving IMail to insert an X header. Then bounce >> the message based on a rule. If IMail could bounce a message from a >> blacklisted host upon SMTP connection, you wouldn't have to waste >> the extra bandwidth of accepting the entire message into the server. >> The other two MTA's I'm currently using bounce blacklisted messages >> back to the 'MAIL FROM' upon SMTP connection. >>> adamc >>> Duane Hill wrote: >>>> Might try adding relays.ordb.org. Doesn't catch much for me > because >>>> of other lists I have above this one. However, it is a tried and >>>> trusted open relay blacklist. ----------------------------------------------------------- Duane Hill | Network Operations - YourNetPlus.Com, Inc. | E-mail Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------- "This message is made of 100% recycled electrons." 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/
