Mate Wierdl wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 01:28:17PM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> > Mate Wierdl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I do run rblsmtpd with dul. The IP (207.100.21.156) does not exist---this
> > > is why I thought it is a dynamic IP. How do I figure out which domain owns
> > > it?
> >
> > As others have pointed out, the IP address does exist. Two other gentlemen
> > were kind enough to post the name of the ISP that owns it. Have you tried
> > reporting this to that ISP's abuse desk?
>
> I meant to say I cannot ping the above IP. Thx for the help. I think my
> main question was to find out if I can rely on qmail's identification of the
> connecting IP.
The IP is passed to qmail by your TCP/IP protocol stack. To the exent
that is reliable, so is qmail.
P.s. If you haven't already contacted the ISP, you should so
it soon - some ISPs don't keep logs very long, and if the log
for that day is gone, so is any hope of identifying the spammer.
Eric
