From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 25 15:30:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 816CB37B401 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:30:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFCA743E42 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:30:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA06573; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:30:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:30:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Hovey To: Eric_Stanfield@kenokozie.com Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: aol postmaster In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Did you try puttin that IP thru ordb? Its possible the conditions arent reported correctly by aol, but might be via ordb.. I had a couple of upgraded machine suddenly vulnerable to the % bull.. took me ages but found a worka round. On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 Eric_Stanfield@kenokozie.com wrote: > > Now some poor sap will be searching through usenet, stumble across our > topic, and just see 15 posts of commiseration with no magic number for AOL > heh. > > As far as I can tell, AOL's script sucks. My server is not open to relay > so the only thing I can hope to do is contact them directly (since they > ignore all emails I've sent over the last 3 months), continue to change the > things ip address every once in a while, or ultimately sue them (and > continue to change ip's for the 2 years it takes to come to settlement > heheh). > > Thanks for all the responses. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Eric Stanfield, K2Access > Keno Kozie Associates > 222 N LaSalle #1500 > Chicago, IL 60606 > (312) 332-3000 > > > > > > "Dave > [Hawk-Systems]" To: "Denny Reiter" , > > com> cc: , > Sent by: > owner-freebsd-isp@F Subject: RE: aol postmaster > reeBSD.ORG > > > 09/25/2002 03:14 PM > > > > > > >> The idea of AOL testing servers to cut down on SPAM is rather amusing to > >> me. I always thought that unless an AOL account was used for mass > >> emailings, they took a hands-off approach to the issue. SPAM detection > is > >> better left to things like spamassassin anyway. > > > >Yes, AOL does indeed test SMTP servers for open relays and then > >blacklists them if they aren't fixed. We've been notified about a > >couple that customers on our network had set up. > > Nice to be so big that you are immune to criticism... You can block > spammers, > and yet are the source for a large amount of the spam yourself. Not like > we can > all just block AOL and call it even. :( > > On that note though, doesn't take much to batton down your SMTP servers so > they > are not an open relay, then if they block you, sue for anti-competitive > practices or something. > > Dave > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message