AT&T blocking RBL lookups

[Drew Marshall]

Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote:

>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.
>
>
Quite, or maybe NAI, Symantec or Clam because people are updating too
often. Some one has gone soft in the head me thinks...

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