On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 2:15 AM Tom Sommer via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > On 2021-01-16 20:38, Al Iverson via mailop wrote: > > > In my opinion, if it's mail that is automated and bulk it should be > > opt-in, so that people can direct the mail to an inbound address that > > can know how to handle the automation and log and process the data and > > generate reporting. Like most do with feedback loops already. It's a > > shame they don't want to play nice with the rest of the world. > > I agree it would be awesome if there was an official "IP-2-FBL-email" > database, so one did not have to build and maintain an FBL-system.
Many ISPs have outsourced FBLs to this service - https://fbl.returnpath.net/ > RIPE > abuse contacts are commonly used instead, though. That's how we receive > abuse reports ourselves. The system does also use the Abuse-Reports-To, > X-Report-Abuse, X-Report-Abuse-To and X-Complaints-To headers. Which is a bit of an iffy stick itself as spammers can abuse those header mechanisms to try to distract reports away from a responsible party. > There is also the simple option of filtering based on headers/sender and > forwarding the mail to an automated system on the receiving end. "Filter it on the receiving end if you don't like what we're sending." :( > > Feel free to gently complain to them about this. Maybe if enough > > people complain, they will change their mind. They can be reached at > > supp...@simply.com. > > That email address does not exist. I assume that means you've shut it down since October 30th? As I wrote to it on October 30th and received a response...from you. Cheers, Al Iverson _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
