On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 09:35 -0500, Marc Powell wrote: > I don't think they watch here; at least I've never seen Michelle post > here.
I've had confirmation from Michelle personally this morning (following a similar question elsewhere) that the SORBS systems are indeed relocating. From a previous message to SPAM-L (reproduced with permission): Michelle Sullivan wrote: > SORBS is not closing. SORBS has received 3 credible offers for the > purchase of SORBS, one of which was not interested in continuing SORBS > but obtaining the IP and spamtraps. SORBS will not be accepting the > latter offer. > > Currently the two offers being considered are with anti-spam vendors > and one of the two have indicated that they will not commercialise > SORBS, but keep it as a community project. The other anti-spam vendor > have indicated they would pursue a split commercial model, where there > would be a free service as well as a 'premium' service (how this would > work I do not know). > > An announcement about which company is successful will be forthcoming > when necessary paperwork has been signed. > > Small outages will occur in the central database when the servers are > moved, this will NOT affect SORBS services globally, only updates > (listing and delisting) and local (Au) services during the outages. As inconvenient as this outage may be, the background to it is one with which a large proportion of this list is probably bearing scars - physical relocation. On a related note, no I don't have any information as to who it is that has taken SORBS on. Regards, Graeme
