blacklisting by SORBS

[Glenn Meyer]

Thomas Zehetbauer wrote:

>I've had similiar experiences with SORBS. My IP has been carelessly
>added to SORBS DUL list and it took me many days and messages to get off
>that list.
>
>On the other hand I do myself use SORBS and other lists now but only to
>calculate the probability that a message is spam or not. I believe that
>admins who abuse DNS blocking lists to block incoming messages should be
>made to feel the heat they are causing. Call whoever you want to send
>the messages and explain to them what irresponsible action their admin
>has taken.
>
>Tom
>
>  
>
I beg to differ with you.   I use several for the incoming mail to my 
home domain and by doing so we get almost zero spam and with a very 
quick and easy one time and forget it configuration.

On the flip side, I am part of a blocked ISP because of my dynamic IP.  
However, I'll take this minor inconvenience (having to use CenturyTel's 
smtp server) compared to spending hours configuring my mail server to 
block what I can block with the DNS lists.

IF I were running a business, it might be different.  But as of yet (two 
+ years now), no one has contacted me telling me they get rejections 
when sending me email - and if they do, I'll add then to my whitelist.  
So I don't think I'm missing anything of any importance.