From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 3 17:01:22 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C9116A4CF for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:01:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-224-186-245.eastlink.ca [24.224.186.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6FF143D55 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:01:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E3B4938F69; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:01:16 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E12C438F52; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:01:16 -0400 (AST) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:01:16 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Warren Block In-Reply-To: <20050203081815.C32581@wonkity.com> Message-ID: <20050203130026.O62562@ganymede.hub.org> References: <4200F3C4.7050201@locolomo.org> <4200FBAC.6070000@locolomo.org> <20050203081815.C32581@wonkity.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: mx2.freebsd.org in dnsbl.sorbs.net X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:01:22 -0000 On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Erik Norgaard wrote: > >> Just to clarify myself, mx2.freebsd.org is listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net and >> spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net but NOT in smtp.dnsbl.sorbs.net >> >> I just checked sorbs spamdb faq, they require a fine of $50 per spam mail >> donated to charity!? - is FreeBSD ok as charity? - to delist a server, with >> the exception if it happens due to blocking a whole netblock. > > If you're using sendmail: > cd /etc/mail > edit access and add: > > # FreeBSD mailers > 216.136.204.119 OK > 216.136.204.125 OK > > Save and 'make maps'. > >> Time to block sorbs I guess... > > Unless SORBS is trying to send you email, what would that accomplish? > > If you use SORBS and don't like their policies, just stop using them. Or > explicitly allow mail from the IP addresses you want, as above. What I'm more curiuos about is *how* the FreeBSD mail servers go onto the list in the first place ... did someone submit them because they couldn't figure out how to unsubscribe, and got tired of receiving freebsd-* mail? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664