[84699] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 209.68.1.140 (209.68.1.0 /24) blocked by bellsouth.net for SMTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Suresh Ramasubramanian)
Tue Sep 20 22:20:40 2005
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:50:13 +0530
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ops.lists@gmail.com
To: Alan Spicer <a_spicer@bellsouth.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <018201c5be0b$7f680b90$0100000a@ka4udx>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 20/09/05, Alan Spicer <a_spicer@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> * In addition, Pair networks says the following:In our experiences, most
> blocks occur from users forwarding their domain email to an outside addre=
ss
> such as Bellsouth. Since a customer forwards all mail, legitimate and sp=
am,
> the ISP will see the spam deliveries and block the offending IP, our serv=
er.
They really ought to filter inbound email more then. And/or
(preferably and) route .forward traffic out through a separate IP.=20
What the pair guy describes has bitten us too - and we've been
figuring out various ways to keep a tight lid on it, but isolating
.forward traffic is the first step.
--=20
Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists@gmail.com)
