tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post1346101774861026153..comments2024-03-05T16:00:21.379-05:00Comments on Dean Collins: Spamhaus sucksDean Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860700133496050604noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-85370765403958399532015-09-22T19:04:52.442-04:002015-09-22T19:04:52.442-04:00Spamhaus have been blocking some companies from re...Spamhaus have been blocking some companies from receiving my emails for about 6 years now. I often resort to phoning these companies, which can be a very expensive procedure if they are located overseas. I believe many companies must be losing a great deal of business due to the blocking of legitimate email traffic. Many people who receive a returned email that accuses them of spamming will see Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-62330722770821512822014-03-01T13:52:51.766-05:002014-03-01T13:52:51.766-05:00I'm not some big techie, but each time i get ...I'm not some big techie, but each time i get email refused spam haus name features prominently, they have poor communication i despise them and would like to see them prosecuted for their interference in my mailing, i should be able to email my daughter back after she emails me. I use mail .com and they are using this spam haus gang of monkeys trying to hump a football, i am not impressed,auroranorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02675387179185468361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-29186695524967545222013-03-05T04:00:15.268-05:002013-03-05T04:00:15.268-05:00Spamhaus.org which is claim to be non profitable o...<br />Spamhaus.org which is claim to be non profitable organization infact which is not. <br />Recently Russian government declared spamhaus as ille<br />This is russian link but you can use google translator<br />http://habrahabr.ru/post/171223/<br /><br />Must read this too<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spamhaus_Project#Register_of_Known_Spam_Operations<br />http://translate.google.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-59836015764072104592012-05-25T08:17:06.715-04:002012-05-25T08:17:06.715-04:00Nope never found a solution, Spamhaus must have ch...Nope never found a solution, Spamhaus must have changed their policies about TimeWarner ip addresses as i kept calling timewarner level 3 support to register a complaint every time one of my emails were blocked as well as sent an email from a gmail account to the sys admin of the recipients email (if the end user knew who that was) with a link to this blog post and an explanation of what PBL was.Dean Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-41288346507682286162012-05-25T01:48:38.619-04:002012-05-25T01:48:38.619-04:00Im in this same situation, not wanting to fork ove...Im in this same situation, not wanting to fork over an extra $100. So did you find a way around it yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-55058613705862160112012-02-10T06:41:10.573-05:002012-02-10T06:41:10.573-05:00Spamhaus is putting loads of DYNAMIC IPs on their ...Spamhaus is putting loads of DYNAMIC IPs on their lists, what's the fucking point of that? *One* zombie computer will "poison" at least 1 IP/day in the ISPs IP block and every day a non-zombie computer inherits that IP leaving a user who doesn't know what he did wrong that he got banned from IRC.<br /><br />Then they put loads of e.g. mail- cloud- whatnot-server IPs on the list,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-28224261450111947352011-01-07T17:30:29.815-05:002011-01-07T17:30:29.815-05:00I've just implemented a reciprocity rule for m...I've just implemented a reciprocity rule for my home-grown server. It checks whether a remote server would block the reply, and if it would, it does 550 571.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-5429865152336683792010-04-12T01:08:21.200-04:002010-04-12T01:08:21.200-04:00lol, seeign you went to that much effort to write ...lol, seeign you went to that much effort to write the comment i posted it - but i'm done.Dean Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-75432572796061548872010-04-12T01:05:05.656-04:002010-04-12T01:05:05.656-04:00You misunderstand the purpose of the PBL. The PBL...You misunderstand the purpose of the PBL. The PBL is intended to stop spambots (infections) spamming directly - few if any spambots send via their corresponding ISP mail servers, because most ISPs rate-limit.<br /><br />Spambots are 80%+ of all spam, and the PBL does an extremely good job of stopping most of that.<br /><br />Secondly, since a spambot operator doesn't own your TW account, it&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-81825984430613692212010-04-12T00:20:59.831-04:002010-04-12T00:20:59.831-04:00I've said this before and this will be the las...I've said this before and this will be the last post on the matter <br />(either in or out, so please whilst thanks for all the comments there is nothing else to discuss here).<br /><br />@Clewis,<br />Yes i am sending mail to TW.<br />No they are not blocking it but the end recipient is.<br /><br />My issue with Spamhaus is, if all i need to do is spend $100 a month more for a fixed ip Dean Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-43538334362410186602010-04-12T00:13:24.515-04:002010-04-12T00:13:24.515-04:00There's a very serious misunderstanding here.
...There's a very serious misunderstanding here.<br /><br />TW has announced (via Spamhaus PBL) that /19 as a block that should not be sending email DIRECTLY to the Internet, they should be sending their email via TW mail servers.<br /><br />The PBL is supposed to be used by the recipient mail server ONLY on the IP address of the machine that connects to it. Not previous IPs. This is part of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-90737049511994199272010-04-11T18:35:35.134-04:002010-04-11T18:35:35.134-04:00Seth, my issue is apart from a fixed IP address co...Seth, my issue is apart from a fixed IP address costing me $100 more a month i wouldn't have to change a single other thing in order to get around PBL.<br /><br />It's not protection or stamping out spam, it's just a hostage situation from Spamhaus.Dean Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-64573036558548415492010-04-11T17:29:59.936-04:002010-04-11T17:29:59.936-04:00Spamhaus is reporting that your IP address is a dy...Spamhaus is reporting that your IP address is a dynamic (or other generic end-user) address. That's the truth, isn't it? Do you have an objection to them telling the truth?<br /><br />If somebody doesn't want mail from such addresses, that's his policy. Do you claim that your desires should outweigh the policies of the owner of the equipment in question?<br /><br />If they'Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18086408935067757981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-65560169633756462822010-04-10T00:06:50.381-04:002010-04-10T00:06:50.381-04:00@Tim, no as i said many times already, i run my ow...@Tim, no as i said many times already, i run my own SBS2003 server at home.<br /><br />So my desktop/laptop/other mobile clients connect to this sbs2003 server/exchange and then THIS delivers the mail to smtp-server.nyc.rr.com<br /><br />My issue is that Spamhaus automatically assume home cable/dsl boxes are going to be sending spam, but i could make a phone call tomorrow to time warner and pay $Dean Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-579291672650072842010-04-09T21:51:41.960-04:002010-04-09T21:51:41.960-04:00OK, I'm game, and from your comments on nanae ...OK, I'm game, and from your comments on nanae you seem to be sane. :) Let's diagnose.<br /><br />I assume you're using Outlook. Tools/Options/Mail Setup/Email Accounts should show your Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) as smtp-server.nyc.rr.com.<br /><br />If that's correct, then More Settings/Advanced should have as a port setting Outgoing Server (SMTP) of 587, and the 'this Tim Boyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05542622123641731499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-58761754239275662712010-04-09T15:54:56.372-04:002010-04-09T15:54:56.372-04:00>or your recipient is misusing the PBL.
Like i...>or your recipient is misusing the PBL.<br /><br />Like i said my mail has always gone to smtp-server.nyc.rr.com<br /><br />it's not just one email server that is misconfigured, i had 5 emails from differnt recipients around the world all start bouncing my emails last week.Dean Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-91910253526509252572010-04-09T15:30:20.966-04:002010-04-09T15:30:20.966-04:00Dean -
The Time-Warner SMTP server in New York is...Dean -<br /><br />The Time-Warner SMTP server in New York is at smtp-server.nyc.rr.com at 75.180.132.33. If you're really sending your email through that, then blocking of 74.73.224.0/19 obviously isn't going to stop your email.<br /><br />Either you're misconfigured, or your recipient is misusing the PBL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-31775683099930539912010-04-09T11:32:41.243-04:002010-04-09T11:32:41.243-04:00@Dave - Spamhaus dont block - true BUT they 'a...@Dave - Spamhaus dont block - true BUT they 'advise' other people to block. By default thats the same thing.<br /><br />Re getting Time Warner to delist their servers.... I'm no expert but read up on PBL.<br /><br />My limited understanding of PBL is that Time Warner accept the email via their SMTP server, then forward it on, BUT they tell Spamhaus this is coming from a dynamic IP Dean Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-22405637733059349242010-04-09T11:23:32.840-04:002010-04-09T11:23:32.840-04:00There seems to be a misunderstand here.
Spamhaus ...There seems to be a misunderstand here.<br /><br />Spamhaus doesn't block *anything*, they simply don't have the power.<br /><br />Mail server operators choose what to block, and how to do so. As a mail server operator, I choose to use various services (including a couple of Spamhaus' services) because they're extremely effective.<br /><br />If you're actually delivering The Davehttp://www.thedave.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-7370077940274349292010-04-09T10:47:41.249-04:002010-04-09T10:47:41.249-04:00nope, i'm sending them through time warners SM...nope, i'm sending them through time warners SMTP, it's been working fine for the last 4 years, spamhaus has just turned on this PBL thing and this is now causing problems.Dean Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-14282953379672279622010-04-09T10:36:45.805-04:002010-04-09T10:36:45.805-04:00You should have no problems if you post thru your ...You should have no problems if you post thru your own ISP's SMTP mail server.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18039016.post-74394176754812554952010-04-09T09:43:42.085-04:002010-04-09T09:43:42.085-04:00Interesting, i never thought about it that way. I ...Interesting, i never thought about it that way. I guess Time Warner is at fault here for providing that info, so basically you are saying if i signed up for a busienss class ip address this issue wouldn't happen?Dean Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222027015133305237noreply@blogger.com