Re: [cobalt-users] Get me off the ORBS list

[John Shireley <jshirele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

True, ORBS is an active service which continually scans CIDR blocks. It is
an agressive scan also, and re-scans even CIDR's that have previously
"passed" their scrutiny.  Typical folks who run afowl of them are smaller
ISP's, mom-n-pop services, etc. who are less likely to be sophisticated
about blocking open relays or configuring their mail services.

Regards,

- John

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On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Chris Adams wrote:

> 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").
> -- 
> Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
> 
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