Has anybody else had this issue? I just had to remove the RBLrelays.osirusoft.com from my RBL list because it's blacklisting EVERYTHING! There's no telling how many email messages we've lost.
I tried hitting their web site and couldn't connect. If SIMS doesn't get a response, does it just blacklist everything? That doesn't seem like correct behavior.
That is not what SIMS does.
Joe Jared (the individual behind Osirusoft) has apparently decided to terminate the operation in a rather spectacularly obnoxious manner: returning records for all queries. The TXT records for all addresses say "Please stop using relays.osirusoft.com"
I have heard from multiple people who have been in contact with Joe that this is indeed what it appears to be: he wants everyone to stop trying to use relays.osirusoft.com NOW and it should be considered dead. In addition, the following was posted today to news.admin.net-abuse.blocklisting by Jim Seymour, a man not known for rash words or hasty judgements:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Seymour)
Subject: Stop Using relays.osirusoft.com *NOW*!
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As many of your *should* be aware: relays.osirusoft.com has been experiencing problems. As of today, ISPs began reporting that non-dialup, dedicated circuits were apparently being reported by relays.osirusoft.com as dialups.
Curious, I checked my business DSL circuit's IP address. (Note that my ISP sells no dialup, or even dynamic DSL.)
$ rblcheck -lt 64.32.196.134 64.32.196.134 : relays.osirusoft.com : listed "Please stop using relays.osirusoft.com"
Anybody who is still using relays.osirusoft.com had maybe better stop doing so. Immediately.
-- Jim Seymour | "Some of the lies are so strange it [EMAIL PROTECTED] | makes you wonder about the spammer's LinxNet Spam Files: | sanity." http://www.LinxNet.com/misc/spam | - Ed Foster, "The Gripe Line" 6/24/02
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