AT&T blocking RBL lookups

Raymond Dijkxhoorn raymond at PROLOCATION.NET
Sat Apr 17 23:53:19 IST 2004


Hi!

> They have also been using the multi hop RBL's to block incoming SMTP
> connections on their own mail relays :-( . Also pretty stupid as those
> lists are way too aggressive to be used anywhere other than in a
> SpamAssassin type points system.

Hmm... ok, but blocking specific nameserver traffic since their customers
are using it too much is really stupidness of a different level.

Will they also block microsoft if there are new patches and a lot of
people lookup the ip of windowsupdate ?

Bye,
Raymond.



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