blacklisting by SORBS
Glenn Meyer
glenn at glennmeyer.com
Tue Aug 16 21:52:31 UTC 2005
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.
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