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Date:      Sat, 28 Dec 2002 08:01:45 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Harry Tabak <htabak@quadtelecom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212280730410.87826-100000@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <3E0DAAF3.7090103@quadtelecom.com>

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On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Harry Tabak wrote:

> I recently discovered, and quite by accident, that a FreeBSD ported
> package -- spambnc (aka Spambouncer or SB) -- was blocking mail from
> me to an unknown number of businesses and individuals on the
> internet.

More precisely, people who have chosen to run spambouncer are rejecting
your mail based on the rules it uses.

The procmail recipe does just what it says: blocks Inflow IP addresses.  
The IP address you use is owned by Inflow (you sub-let from another
renter, your ISP).  As the owner, the ultimate responsibility for that
IP address is Inflow's.  A quick groups.google.com search shows that
Inflow does have spam-friendliness problems.

None of this has anything to do with the FreeBSD port.

I suggest you contact, in this order, your ISP, Inflow, and then the
spambouncer authors.  Success in getting Inflow to change its ways would
help in getting them removed from the procmail recipe.  You could also
contact the intended recipients of your mail and have them whitelist
your email address.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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