Getting pounded .. sigh

[Alex Neuman]

Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Rob Poe wrote on Mon, 22 May 2006 11:56:55 -0500:
>
>   
>> 193.252.22.157 
>> 193.252.22.158 
>>  
>> Which is smtp1.wanadoo.co.uk  and smtp2.wanadoo.co.uk
>>     
>
> It's an Internet access provider/Freemail provider of French origin who's 
> obviously spanned to the UK (and some other countries). I don't see 
> nothing "bad" in your logs other than you seem to get a lot of mail from 
> them. Of course, it's possible that it's only spam coming from there, but 
> "wanadoo" per se is not a spammer and these are genuine SMTP servers for 
> their customers. AFAIK, their track record concerning abuse reaction is 
> not good to say the least
>
> Kai
>
>   
Since *most* of my clients have no problem in blocking wanadoo.*, I've 
resorted to whitelisting specific addresses and adding a URL to the 
rejection message sent my MTA specifying why we don't take e-mail from 
wanadoo networks.