> If this was an intentional listing by SpamHaus, I applaud them doing > a 'shot over the bow'..
XBL listings should be all automated? https://www.spamhaus.org/xbl/ However, there is the fact that https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings/google.com has, at the moment, 342 intentional (manually created) listings. > There should no longer be a 'too big to > block' get out of jail free card. On the other hand, any larger reputation service listing the outbound mail servers of Gmail, O365 or Yahoo would be a recipe for disaster. > > Even our threat mitigation teams are now working on Gmail specific > rulesets, and more 'rejection' instead of 'filtering' especially > with the obvious bad junk.. but they aren't very far from where > other RBL's will start joining policies and actions that demand > accountability. > > > > On 2021-08-31 4:36 a.m., Laura Atkins via mailop wrote: > >Google is a huge source of spam, particularly B2B spam. There’s an > >entire industry built of companies selling plugins and other > >services that allow you to spam through your G Suite account. Yes, > >Google blocks outbound (for 24 hours) if one user sends more than > >1000(?) messages a day. But the businesses just run multiple G > >Suite accounts. In “good” news, a lot of this mail is thrown away > >or dropped on the floor by filters, but companies tell me that > >it’s hugely profitable, so much so that they’d rather buy another > >set of domains / G suite account than give up the spam. > > > >laura > > > > > > > >>On 31 Aug 2021, at 11:04, Tim Bray via mailop <mailop@mailop.org > >><mailto:mailop@mailop.org>> wrote: > >> > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I noticed that a google IPv6 address was recently listed in spamhaus XBL. > >> > >>2607:f8b0:4864:20::82c at 2021-08-30 19:27:45 UTC > >> > >>I just thought this a bit unusual and worth a mention. Probably > >>the first time I've seen spamhaus block a genuine sender (to me) > >> > > > > -- > "Catch the Magic of Linux..." > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Michael Peddemors, President/CEO LinuxMagic Inc. > Visit us at http://www.linuxmagic.com @linuxmagic > A Wizard IT Company - For More Info http://www.wizard.ca > "LinuxMagic" a Registered TradeMark of Wizard Tower TechnoServices Ltd. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 604-682-0300 Beautiful British Columbia, Canada > > This email and any electronic data contained are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. > Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely > those of the author and are not intended to represent those of the company. > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop -- Atro Tossavainen, Chairman of the Board Infinite Mho Oy, Helsinki, Finland tel. +358-44-5000 600, http://www.infinitemho.fi/ _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
