getting all mails blacklisted by relays.ordb.org

[Chris Sweeney]

Here is a simple and nice answer.  If your using someone's service then you 
have a responsibility to subscribe to their mailing list so you can be kept 
up to date on what is going on with the service.  If you had, you would have 
known over a year ago that the service was shutting down.  Even if you had 
been subscribed to this list and reading emails you would have seen it 
posted back when they shut down and again this last week as a reminder.  So 
short answer, if you don't stay educated and keep on top this happens.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Dekkers" <edward at tdcs.com.au>
To: "'MailScanner discussion'" <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:49 PM
Subject: RE: getting all mails blacklisted by relays.ordb.org


>> On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Benedict simon <simon at kmun.gov.kw>
>> wrote:
>> >  but i would like to know why it was workin earlier for almost a year
>> >  and suddenly relays.ordb.org start to give problem
>>
>> Because ORDB has not been working for 15 months and to stop people
>> like you from using it forever they finally delivered hits on every
>> query. Woke you up, didn't it? :-)
>>
>> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/25/2124224
>>
>> --
>> /peter
>
> Hey guys, I'm really honestly am not digging up old trash, but can you 
> guys
> help me to become a better admin?
>
> In relation to the various posts here regarding ordb (and myself getting
> caught out), I've seen various posts on this list (which is usually rather
> friendly) which are bordering on nasty saying "you should've known this 
> was
> going to happen".
>
> Most of you guys mention that if we had have been monitoring our logs
> properly we could have prevented this.
>
> Now, I must first mention I agree - if something is preventable and I 
> screw
> up I'm the first to admit it.
>
> But I have just flogged the hell out of ALL my mail logs (/etc/mail.*) and
> all the archived/rotated ones but I cannot find the warning about the 
> black
> list going down.
>
> Now, I normally use Logwatch to monitor my logs, that certainly made no
> mention, and I cannot seems to find any reference to the ORDB in my other
> mail logs.
>
> Again, I'm not making excuses, let me make that really clear! I really do
> want to learn. I feel like a fool when I miss something and want to stop 
> it
> from happening. Really.
>
> But I cannot seem to find this warning you guys mention.
>
> What do I need to change in my log setup to catch this kind of stuff? 
> Where
> is it?
>
> Regards,
> Ed.
>
>
>
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