OT: Re: Recent issue with SORBS

[mikea]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 12:04:46PM -0500, am.lists wrote:
> Hi Lew
> 
> On 2/15/07, Lew Wolfgang <wolfgang at sweet-haven.com> wrote:
> >Trouble is, your disabling SORBS will do nothing unless
> >all the smtp servers you send to also drop them.  Bottom
> >line is unless you figure out how to get off their
> >list or change your IP, you're going to loose outgoing
> >mail.
> 
> Yeah, I'm fully aware that me choosing not to use them will only help
> my users for mail we receive, and won't help us for the outbound mail
> we send.
> 
> I believe our management team has an open ticket with SORBS to get at
> least our single IP whitelisted with them for now. I know that's not a
> forever sort of thing, but any short term relief will help.
> 
> Longer term, we're moving to a dfiferent netblock.  We just have to
> work out the specifics of that move.

Shorter term, think about hiring an outbound smarthost in unlisted IP 
space. I don't know who provides such services, but suspect that most 
ISPs will do it for a nominal sum provided you pass their scrutiny. 
Remember, they're going to be tarred with your brush if you send spam
through them, so they'll want to be careful. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin