blacklisting by SORBS
Bob Chiodini
rchiodin at bellsouth.net
Tue Aug 16 14:44:44 UTC 2005
On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 10:35 -0400, Claude Jones wrote:
> This is not strictly a Fedora question, but I would like to query the list on
> this since it's such a large user base. Recently, our ISP has been added to
> the SORBS blacklist as a source of spam. We're being told that SORBS is
> demanding money from our ISP to remove them from the list. I can't speak to
> whether the ISP is or is not a source of large amounts of spam, though it
> seems unlikely, since they are in the Washington, DC area, and have many
> government agencies as clients. Two questions: Is anyone else having
> questionable issues with SORBS? Does it sound like extortion for such a
> service to be asking for money from an ISP to remove them from such a list?
> --
> Claude Jones
> Bluemont, VA, USA
>
Yes it does. Maybe the Attorney General of your state should be
notified.
http://www.oag.state.va.us/
(IANAL)
Bob...
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