[103492] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hotmail NOC Contact
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Al Iverson)
Thu Apr 3 11:39:32 2008
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:15:02 -0500
From: "Al Iverson" <aiversonlists@spamresource.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <00a901c89598$4c5dea50$e519bef0$@com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 4/3/08, Fox, Thomas <tfox@expertsmi.com> wrote:
>
> In the last 10 days or so, ever since ORDB re-activated itself and blacklisted everything, we have had deliverability problems to:
>
> MSN
> Hotmail
> Bellsouth
> AT&T (the same as Bellsouth I think)
> Yahoo
> Detroit Edison
>
> In the case of MSN and Hotmail, they told us they were using Symantec's Brightmail filtering system.
>
> So, does that mean Brightmail is not updating their system properly, or MSN/Hotmail is not updating their Brightmail?
>
> Seems like a huge waste of everyone's time because some LARGE network operators can't keep their stuff updated.
No data has ever suggested that ORDB is/was used by any of those
entities you list. It was a peripheral blacklist at best. Just as an
additional data point, the clients I work with have all been able to
deliver mail to the sites you mention successfully in that same time
period.
Regards,
Al Iverson
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