>Does anybody know, "Am I being shakin down here?" No. >Who is ORDB.org and where did they come from.... They are one of the handful of replacements for ORBS that popped up when Alan decided to quickly shut down ORBS. >I am getting mail saying that I am relaying mail from them and that i will >be listed in their DB of open relays. Well, that begs the question: Are you relaying? The answer, for you, is "no and yes" (in that order). The chances of a spammer using your open relay are small, because the obvious hole is closed. But you still do have a hole. >This guy Boll Overgaard says that his software is more up to date than the >other spamcops after I sent him the Maps results. Is there no standard for the >police? Nope. You can't just say "I'm not an open relay". It's kind of like telling a cop, "Please don't arrest me, I'm innocent." You have to prove it. There are about 20 different ways that a spammer can relay through your mail server. Someone recently posted a link to a site ( http://www.abuse.net ?) that tests most of those ways. >This spamcop thing is starting to remind me of ASCAP and BMI in the music >industry. Not many people will block based on ORDB. They know better. >I do not have relaying for addresses set-up. Is that ORDB's business? YES! It is their business to know if you are an open relay. Whether or not that is *right* is quite debatable. >My log sizes are consistent and no huge abuse attempts are obvious. Many are >trying...... I am sure that someone slips through. But is that what this >ORDB guy is saying...."no-one gets through or I put you on my list?" Yes. But, if you are set up properly, no-one should be able to get through (except your own customers, but ORDB won't list you for that -- others take care of that). >But still, the point being is that I am OK with the other spamcops. But it's possible that they don't have you listed because they don't know of a spamming method that ORDB does know about. >All I need is an understanding of what these want without someone getting >weird about it and just telling me to fix it or else. Now we come to the point. Go to your \IMail\spool\SYS0819.TXT file. Search for "spamtest@". You'll see where the E-mail came in, and where it was delivered. You'll need to contact IMail about how to fix the problem. Since you're running IMail 4.x, you'll probably need to upgrade in order to get off of ORDB. Or, don't upgrade, and accept being on ORDB knowing that very few people are going to block your mail. -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
