RE: [cobalt-users] Off-topic, Mail Server / ORBS Discovery

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This morning I discovered that the Bell Atlantic mail server I
> use as a Bell
> Atlantic ADSL customer has been blackholed by ORBS
> (www.orbs.org). If all of
> BA's mail server's have been blackholed it means all BA internet
> customers will
> soon find they are unable to email much of the internet. I've
> informed BA tech
> support, so we'll see what happens (I got a $22.56 credit b/c
> they "think" it
> may take as long as 14 days to fix).

Actually, being blackholed by ORBS won't mean "much of the Internet" as
opposed to being put in the MAPS RBL.
199.45.39.157
--- Checking RBL, http://mail-abuse.org/rbl/ - not found
--- Checking DUL, http://mail-abuse.org/dul/ - not found
--- Checking RSS, http://mail-abuse.org/rss/ - not found
--- Checking ORBS, http://www.orbs.org/

 Found in ORBS, see http://www.orbs.org/

--- blacklist lookup completed

220 Unauthorized ESMTP use of this server is prohibited
> HELO hotmail.com
250 smtp-out2.bellatlantic.net Hello cc507242-a.srst1.fl.home.com
[24.6.193.85], pleased to meet you
> MAIL FROM: <dkriw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
250 <dkriw@xxxxxxxxxxx>... Sender ok
> RCPT TO: <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
550 <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Relaying denied

--- got an error while attempting to send mail

It should be easy enough to get this IP removed from ORBS since it's not
relaying. Maybe it was, but it's been secured.

>
> And if you see this it seems that Cobalt does not use the ORBS database!
>
Not many do as it has too many false positives. They had blackholed an
entire block of my former ISP because of one or two IP's that were open to
relay.

I entered your listed IP at http://www.orbs.org/closed_1.html so we'll see
what happens.

--
Dan Kriwitsky