[62988] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: williams spamhaus blacklist
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (McBurnett, Jim)
Wed Sep 24 19:10:54 2003
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:10:12 -0400
From: "McBurnett, Jim" <jmcburnett@msmgmt.com>
To: "Leo Bicknell" <bicknell@ufp.org>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
this is not without precedent..=20
Anyone from Cable and Wireless listening?
If I remember correctly, Cable and Wireless was blocked last year
or earlier this year by a similiar ploy.
And I also seem to remember them making major
complaints over on the SPAM-L list..=20
Later,
J
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Bicknell [mailto:bicknell@ufp.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:30 PM
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: williams spamhaus blacklist
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> In a message written on Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:14:04PM=20
> -0400, alex@pilosoft.com wrote:
> > The moment they started blacklisting IPs that never sent spam. (AKA=20
> > williams corporate mail servers).
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> For those who care:
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> http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=3DSBL10731
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> I quote:
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> ] WilTel Communications Group's Corporate Mail Relays
> ] Continued hosting of Eddy Marin spam gang and others have=20
> caused this
> ] listing. Previous warnings and spam reports had no effect.
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> So, they have decided since WilTil has one (alleged?) spammer
> customer none of wiltel should be allowed to send or receive e-mail
> anymore.
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> The complete list of Williams issues is at:
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> http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=3Dwcg
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> As per usual, no amount of collateral damage is deemed unacceptable.
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