SMTP Attacks

[Harold Hallikainen]

> On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 15:35 +0700, Budi Febrianto wrote:
>> Rick Stevens wrote:
>> >
>> > Nah, I don't publicly blacklist them...I just don't let them into our
>> > network...and there are a few specific holes in that list for
>> legitimate
>> > servers that I know about.
>> >
>> > Spamhaus, however, are Nazis and should be sued.
>> >
>>
>> Why you say Spamhaus are Nazis? I use they services for many months now.
>> Is there something that I don't know?
>
> Yes.  God help you if you ever get on their list.  It's damned near
> impossible to get off--even if you were incorrectly listed or can prove
> whatever was wrong has been fixed.
>
> They provide NO mechanism to unlist yourself or submit your site for a
> check (or didn't last time I checked), and if you were unfairly listed,
> they offer no apologies if they do take you off.
>
> Their blocks can be draconian...I've seen them list an entire /19
> network because ONE server had been compromised.
>
> I applaud their efforts, but the way they do things is really, really
> bush league.  If you're going to label someone as a spammer based on
> someone else's say-so, you'd better provide ways to get off the list if
> you've been put on it.  They don't, and that's why I consider them
> Nazis.
>
>
> ...ir attitude is "F*ck you...you're a spammer and will
> always be a spammer


Any comments on http://www.spamcop.net ? They seem to be working well for
me. I can watch /var/maillog and watch spam being rejected all day. Here's
one from a few minutes ago...

Oct 31 09:38:55 sujan sendmail[2169]: ruleset=check_relay,
arg1=OL88-54.fibertel.com.ar, arg2=127.0.0.2, relay=OL88-54.fiberte
l.com.ar [24.232.54.88], reject=553 5.3.0 Spam blocked see:
http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?24.232.54.88


Harold
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