Recent issue with SORBS

[Ken A]

Res wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Ken A wrote:
> 
>> require in some cases. SORBS and others tend to list on /24 or larger 
>> blocks,
> 
> Not true, we've only ever had individual IP's of mail servers in a /24 
> blocked, never the entire /24
> 
> However I suppose if they got the same spam, from multiple IP's in a /24 
> within a short period of time, I sure could understand them taking out 
> the /24, I know I would.
> 
> 
>> probably just for ease of maintenance. Do a reverse lookup on all the 
>> IPs in your range. If they come back as 'xxx' 'marketing' and 'warez' 
>> or similar, move your hosting. It's not worth the pain. :-\
> 
> Last I heard that script only searches for entries to add into the DUL
> containing, typical dsl/dial/dhcp/ppp etc, it's not a general blocking.
> I had a 3 hour chat to the Matthew once (when he lived in the same city 
> as me) to get a lot of clarifications when they blocked one of my SMTP's.
> 

I wasn't referring to a particular script in use by SORBS. I'm only 
saying that knowing who your neighbors are can go a long way toward 
explaining things like this. You get what you pay for in hosting and the 
rest.

Ken A.
Pacific.Net


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