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[Res]

On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, am.lists wrote:

> Scott,
> Just curious why I got dinged for my IP being a spambot/virus...
>
> I have proper reverse and forward dns, not on any RBLs, etc.
>

~$ host 64.44.11.163
163.11.44.64.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer mailgw.evokemail.com.
~$ host mailgw.evokemail.com
Host mailgw.evokemail.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL)


~$ whois evokemail.com
getaddrinfo(whois.crsnic.net): Temporary failure in name resolution


This might be why :)



> Angelo
>
> On 2/9/07, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
>>  pts rule name              description
>> ---- ---------------------- 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>  2.0 BOTNET                 Relay might be a spambot or virusbot
>>              [botnet0.7,ip=64.44.11.163,hostname=mailgw.evokemail.com,baddns]
>

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Res

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