> On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 11:23:16AM +1100, Terry Collins wrote:
> > John Ferlito wrote:
> >
> > ...snip....
> >
> > > I disagree. Orbs takes thngs a little bit too far and yes I
don't like them either.
> > > RBL on the other hand is a different matter. They will only list a
mail sevrer if it is an open relay
> > > ie it is open for abuse. They also send the admin a whole heap of
emails saying please fix and here are instructions how.
> >
> > They say they send mail, but they do not send any mail! That is one of
> > my beefs.
>
> rbl send an email to the owner of the ip space which they work out through
> whois. So the mail is probably going to hoever owns the ip space which the
open relay mail server
> is using. Which means someone probably isn't passing it on to you.
>
>
> --
> John
>
>
I've gotten mail from the RBL, they gave me 48 hours to fix my relay
problem. I knew that I was being used to relay and was about to close the
loop. Their message raised the priority.
It was a fair cop.
Jon Carnes
HAHT Software
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