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Re: [cobalt-users] Get me off the ORBS list
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Get me off the ORBS list
- From: Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Dec 21 08:41:07 2000
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Once upon a time, Rik Thomas <rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Carrie Linn Bartkowiak wrote:
> > > Great, now ORBS is searching for "potential" spamming servers now and not
> > just tagging ones known for spamming.
>
> Someone has to nominate you for testing. They don't actively search
> blocks of addresses.
Wrong. ORBS does active scanning of the Internet for open mail relays.
Some sites block the ORBS scans, but they get put in the ORBS list as
well (because "ORBS couldn't _verify_ that those servers are not open
relays").
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Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.