>Orbs blows.
>ORBS are Net Nazis
Let me guess, you people are listed on ORBS? Just close your relay, and you will get
off.
FYI, as far as I know, ORBS was NOT designed as a system to DELETE or BLOCK E-mail
from open relays. It was designed to LET PEOPLE KNOW that open relays exist. They
are simply trying to stop open relays.
What is the problem with, for example, adding a header to an E-mail that says "[This
E-mail came from an open relay in ORBS]"? That way, the user can decide what they
want to do with the E-mail. And, the amount of spam YOU receive will go down, because
more people will close their relays, giving spammers fewer places to spew.
The main reason people complain about ORBS so much is because they are listed in it.
If you are listed in it, you are inviting spammers to abuse your mail server, and you
need to fix it.
Remember, ORBS also has a number of different databases. I have *NEVER* heard anyone
complain about their "Spam Source" database, for example, that ONLY lists known spam
sources.
ORBS isn't bad; the people who abuse it (by deleting E-mail coming from IPs listed in
ORBS) are. Just use ORBS in a way that lets the END USER decide how to handle the
E-mail.
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-Scott
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