[46039] in North American Network Operators' Group
OT: Re: Problems with a black hole list in the netherlands
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob K)
Sat Mar 9 09:09:05 2002
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 09:05:33 -0500
From: Bob K <melange@yip.org>
To: Richard Irving <rirving@onecall.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Message-ID: <20020309090532.S40253@yip.org>
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In-Reply-To: <3C89FA54.CE648B7A@onecall.net>; from rirving@onecall.net on Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 07:04:36AM -0500
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On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 07:04:36AM -0500, Richard Irving wrote:
>
> Hello, we are currently having a problem with a vigilante block list
> in the netherlands... I figure this is as good a forum as any....
I suspect these:
http://www.spamcon.org/directories/discussions.shtml
would be better forums to take this to.
> >The boilerplate:
> >Please see <http://selwerd.cx/xbl/>, xbl is a *local* list, it would cost
> >us time to check whether we can whitelist your IP.
[snip]
> I would ignore the fool, but his list is mentioned at
> Relays.OsiruSoft.com.... and some consider them as a valid source
> of data....
>
> * sigh *
>
> Idea's ?
Perhaps you could contact those that "consider them as a valid source of
data" and see if you can convince them to put in an exception for your
mailserver. This should not be difficult if they want your mail.
--
Bob <melange@yip.org> | It's pretty good, if you don't think about it.
