Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 13:55:34 +0100 "Owen McShane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi list, > > looks like one of our customer's mail servers may been an open relay, > and using us as a smart host. I assume your customer fixed it once they found out about it... > Hence we appear to have been blacklisted by this body as referenced > below. (This was forwarded by our customer). > > I've never seen a mail of this type that basically amounts to blackmail > before. Has anyone had any dealings with these people? Does anyone > actually use them as an RBL? First I've heard of them; I'd ignore their PayPal 'demands' and move on. FWIW, their pricing scheme of "Send us 10 euros for every other blacklist you're on according to openrbl.org" is more than a little flawed. My mail servers are listed by BLARS since I get connectivity from SBC. No spam has ever come from these servers and BLARS has no removal mechanism so my servers will be listed until I renumber my network (and even then.) As such, no mail admin responsible for more than 2 users uses BLARS; I've never seen a reject message because of the listing. There are plenty of well-managed, effective DNSBLs that don't engage in such tactics. Ignore uceprotect.net; they will eventually evolve or disappear. -- Bob
