OT mail spam question

From: David V. Corbin <dvcorbin_at_optonline.net>
Date: Sat Oct 30 16:36:32 2004

>>> I just moved my mail server to my internal office network.
>>> The IP block I've been assigned apparently used to be used
>>> for dynamic DSL users. The problem is, at some point
>>> someone used one or more of these IP addresses to send out
>>> spam, enough so that my entire Class C block is blacklisted
>>> in some database.
>>>

Caveat Emptor....

>>>
>>> How the *hell* do I track down what fuckwit is blacklisting
>>> my address?
>>>
>>> I appreciate the efforts people go through to thwart spam
>>> but this blanket blocking bullshit really pisses me off.
>>>

Alas, it it not uncommon. And many of the blacklists are shared, so even if
you get off one, you get re-blacklisted when another one reports. I had a
similar situation about 2 years ago, the only solution I found was to
threaten to sue the provider of the IP Block (in fact there was little or no
legal basis for a suit), but I did get a different block assigned [although
the first two alternated he offered both had some blacklisted IP's]


Good luck.
Received on Sat Oct 30 2004 - 16:36:32 BST