Im assuming there is currently a new owner/squatter of ordb.org. In my spare time today I've done a little snooping into the website that is running at ordb.org. Its a blank page that has an iframe to another web site. I'm detailing my finds here:
http://www.asspsmtp.org/forums/index.php?topic=671.0 On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no question - its a warning to all those that still have the > ORDB as a DNSBL in their spam filtering solution. > > ORDB had been shutdown since 12/2006, but came back on yesterday returning > positive replies to ALL queries. > > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/03/25/2124224 > > To the OP: My thoughts? If you are foolish enough to leave defunct FQDN's > of ANYTHING in ANY configurations, then you get what you deserve. > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 8:54 AM, David Mazzaccaro < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did I miss a question somewhere here? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:59 PM > > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Thoughts on this - relays.ordb.org > > > > > > > > Came across this.. thoughts. > > > > CAR > > > > Connection-based filtering was used to blindly reject content using > > nothing but faith in the independent listing service. One of the popular > > realtime blacklists (RBL) was ORDB and it was a database of mail servers > > that were open relays. These servers could be used by anyone, without > > authentication of any sort, to send SPAM content all over the Internet. > > ** > > > > In December of 2006, ORDB went offline.** > > > > On the morning of March 25, 2008 relays.ordb.org came back online, > > blacklisting everything. How, why, when and so on are not important, the > > only relevant task here is to stop using this RBL. If you receive a > > Non-Delivery receipt referencing relays.ordb.org, the remote mail server > > is still using ORDB to detect SPAM and it is dropping all your inbound mail. > > ** > > > > ** > > > > We are not able to remove the affected IP's from this decommissioned > > list. The rejecting mail servers should be contacted and advised that this > > list should not be used.** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ME2 > > > -- ME2 ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
