Re: [cobalt-users] Osirusoft is causing big problems

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrance Dwyer" <td@xxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Osirusoft is causing big problems


> Perhaps some of you already know this but for those that don't. This is
> from an email sent me by Motleyfool and it was indeed correct. My server
> was getting very little email until I dropped Osirusoft from the RBL
> check.
>
> "Hi,
>
>
> This email is being sent to you because we've detected that you've
> blacklisted our emails to your domain by using relays.osirusoft.com in
> your RBL check.  It appears that Osirusoft is in fact shutting down and
> that the operator, Joe Jared, has taken to randomly listing any/all IP
> addresses to stop system administrators from using it.  We're just
> passing this on to help you avoid losing valuable emails to your domain.
>
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
> postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>
> Thanks
> T. Dwyer
>
>
Our emails stopped totally last night. I removed all of them because being
at the mercy of a third party list is not worth the risk of having customers
leave. We had some very unhappy people.