Spamcop.net RBL blocking emails by mistake?

[Michele Neylon :: Blacknight.ie]

Rob Morin wrote:
> Is it possible to get a false positive back from spamcop.net's RBL ?

Of course it is.
You can get false positives from just about any DNSBL.

> 
> I have been getting some complaints about spam being deleted, because it
> is seen as being on spamcop.nets list, so it gets a score of 10 and gets
> deleted....

You should never set spamcop with a score that high. You're just asking
for trouble.

> 
> here is an entry in my log file...
> 
> Sep  7 03:36:57 peter MailScanner[15870]: RBL checks: 2380E69001E.DFE12
> found in spamcop.net
> Sep  7 03:36:58 peter MailScanner[15870]: Message 2380E69001E.DFE12 from
> 66.249.82.232 (team4ss at gmail.com) to zonecom.ca is spam, spamcop.net,
> SpamAssassin (score=8.638, required 4, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00,
> RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 8.00, SARE_MSGID_LONG40 0.64)
> Sep  7 03:37:00 peter MailScanner[15870]: Spam Actions: message
> 2380E69001E.DFE12 actions are delete
> 
> I checked the IP and it was not listed. Is it possible to be listed at
> 7AM and then removed at 10AM? Plus its a gmail.com account/IP

Gmail is constantly getting list due to their demented attitude to SMTP.
 They whine when it happens but they won't fix the problem

> 
> Any ideas?

Stop using Spamcop to block mail. It's fine for scoring... Just not with
the scores / settings you are using

> 
> Thanks...
> 


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