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

["Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Dan <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Actually, being blackholed by ORBS won't mean "much of the Internet" as
> opposed to being put in the MAPS RBL.

That's a little relief.  "Some" of the internet is too much for me though.  I
paid for access to the entire internet, not most of it.  :-)

> 199.45.39.157
>  Found in ORBS, see http://www.orbs.org/
> 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.

Sounds like Bell Atlantic just needs to get in touch with ORBS and straighten it
out.

> 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.

With spam as rampant as it is, I can hardly fault them.  In that situation, I
suspect it would get the ISP's attention and expedite a solution.  If ORBS
continually blocks IPs that shouldn't be blocked for an extended period they'll
probably have to change their policies eventually or no one will use them.

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

Thanks, Dan.  I'll let you know off-list if it helped.

Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}