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Re: Fw: Administrivia: ORBS

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Thu Jan 13 16:29:03 2000

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:23:43 -0800
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@cybernothing.org>
To: Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net>
Cc: I Am Not An Isp <patrick@ianai.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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On 01/13/00, Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net> wrote: 

> > Above.Net really is filtering ORBS.  And if ORBS lists people who block 
> > them.....
> 
> I could be very wrong on this, and will probably get flamed for even 
> jumping in...
> 
> But I seem to remember reading on ORBS that they will list people who 
> block them (or have a firewall) only manually, and only if they get a 
> complaint about spam from an IP. Then it can only be de-listed manually too.

	Nope, they'll list anyone who blocks them, regardless of open
	relay status.

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