RE: [cobalt-users] excessive spam

["Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions
>> Blocking IPs, by the way, is a waste of time.
>
> Really? That's how most of the DNSBL's work. If you block 68.56.0.0/16
> you'll reject a ton of open proxy spam from Comcast users. RR.com was
> nice enough to send me their list of DHCP addresses.

I was referring to individual IPs. Using RDBLs etc., is a lot more dynamic
and useful. For example, if you were hooked up to Spamcop you would block
the IPs currently in the database and ONLY those IPs. If you were to dump
a load of IPs into your sendmail config and block them you could end up:
1. Blocking IPs that are either no longer active and/or no longer guilty
of spamming


2. You wouldn't block any new IPs

We use spamcop with infinite monkeys and have a very high success rate.


-- 
Mr. Michele Neylon
Blacknight Solutions
http://www.blacknightsolutions.com/
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