As other have noted - don't waste your time.
One of our class C's is part of a class B that a spammer at some time had a
couple of IP blocks in. As their approach is that any collateral damage is
acceptable, they blocked the entire class B.
As reputable and competent administrators do not us
Thanks anyway. I may just have to hope that no one really uses SPEWS.
I know for certain I won't use SPEWS. I also suspect those that do use
SPEWS don't weight it too high. However, I have seen some servers block
mail at the MTA level using SPEWS - why - I have no idea.
Darrell
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We just moved to a new network provider. Never thought to check the new IPs.
Never again! Within a few days we started getting calls from customers
complaining about delivery failures not to mention being called a spamming
ISP. Research found our three class c's were in a large netblock which Spews
Troy,
Last year, I set up with a new provider and the Class C I was given was
part of an infamous spam lawsuit many years eariler, but it was still
listed on SPEWS. Just as you've been told, I posted to NANAE and was
ridiculed, but one kind soul advised me to call my provider ASAP and ask
for a di
er 01, 2005 12:45 PM
To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com
Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT - Removal from SPEWS
Troy,
Good luck! In order to get removed they want you to post to the NANAE
newsgroup - see Q41/42 in this FAQ - http://www.spews.org/faq.html. From
their you will most likely be ridi
Title: OT - Removal from SPEWS
Hi,
one approach could be - "why bother". SPEWS is useful
as a reference - but can't be used to block email. I would think that none
of the relevant ISPs and most smaller will care of you're listed there or not as
the blacklist has a way too high false positiv
Troy,
Good luck! In order to get removed they want you to post to the NANAE
newsgroup - see Q41/42 in this FAQ - http://www.spews.org/faq.html. From
their you will most likely be ridiculed. I am sorry if I do not sound like
a big fan of Spews but they are very aggressive and often list a lo