On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Randal L. Schwartz<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> "Denis" == Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> writes: > > Denis> A friend uses Inmotionhosting.com and finds that Comcast is rejecting > Denis> all mail from this host claiming high incidence of spam from Inmotion. > Denis> Anybody here have information about this? Is Comcast just trying > Denis> harass the small hosting outfits, or is there some substance to their > Denis> complaint? He is contemplating dropping Comcast. > > Do you have the IP addresses that Inmotionhosting.com sends from? I can look > those up on the spam reporting services and give you a definite answer. > > My suspicion is that if comcast is saying it's often a spam source, it'll also > show up in the reporting services, which others are using as well. And the > only solution at that point is to stop using that hosting service if they have > a spammer-friendly attitude or are understaffed in responding to spam > complaints. > > [Moments later] > > Taking a quick google search, I think the problem is that they don't choke > outbound port 25 through a central spam-checking service. So anyone can rent > a host, start spewing spam, and not get shut off until the complaints are > significant. If that's the case, I don't have much hope for this kind of > service... it's likely to continue to have a "dirty" reputation. > > If you want to continue hosting there, get them to divert outbound 25 to an > internal relay to throttle and discard spam. If they are unwilling to do > that, change hosting, because that would make them spam-hosting friendly, > triggering spam alerts from time to time. > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 > <[email protected]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> > Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
Thanks for the information Randal. I will pass this on to my friend. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
