NormanS
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join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to Suffering
Re: SORBS got my buddy
said by Suffering  :...(which brings me to my problem with sorbs... if you are going to make a list of spammers IP addresses why would you include dynamic IP addresses? Why not work with the ISP's to find out if the IP address is static and if you determine it is static and the ISP's security dept will not turn that person off THEN block it? It's more work for sorbs, but it's a much more accurate tool.) Or he could talk to whomever is blocking his mail (because they are using sorbs list). Talking to sorbs would fix the issue. Maybe, maybe not; fix the issue. SORBS does maintain a list of dynamic IP address space; as do other DNSBL maintainers. If the IP address in question is a dynamic IP address, only the ISP can request any changes, and only according to the SORBS criteria.
Accurate? Here is what is accurate. Better than 90% of the spam I get is sent through open proxies on compromised computers connecting via dynamic IP addresses. 0% of the good email I receive comes from dynamic IP addresses. Explain to me why I should not block email from dynamic IP address space? If you have a dynamic IP address, you also have an ISP SMTP server, in most cases. There are still a few email service providers which offer SMTP service at no charge.
The SORBS list works just fine for my MX; if it changes to match your criteria, I would stop using it. Indeed, if the DNSBLs were to suddenly disappear, I would run my own DNS and create my own blocking lists. I would not be alone.
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Norman
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