Liron Newman wrote: > alex wrote: > > >>I don't know if this is offtopic, in that case: i'm sorry :) >> >>bit.nl (a dutch provider) started to put ip-addresses from emailing >>virusinfected computers in a database. I thought this might be useful for >>people fighting spam :) >> >>more info: http://virbl.bit.nl/ > > I think this is useless at best and harmful at worst. These are not > spammers or spammers' ISPs.. These are innocent users. What would you
yeah i know, i wrote spam instead of viruses. you got the point anyway. > get by blocking them? Nothing, there would be a zillion other infected > ones. Plus, get an AV filter for your server instead, you'd need it > anyway as there's no way you'd catch all virus-sending IPs. And when true > they clean their system, what then? Who would unlist them? you clearly didn't read the webpage, the ip addresses are listed only for 24hours. > I'm using XAV with F-Prot on my server and the only thing about viruses > that bothers me is getting all the delivery errors. And there's nothing > that IP database can do about that... > > Maybe I misunderstood the idea but what you describe here isn't really > an answer... Maybe you're right, i don't know. It was just a suggestion. But couldnt it be that this is faster than scanning every email for viruses? -- alex - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
