newview
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|  Comcast to start using Spamhaus blacklisting
In the "It's about damn time" department . . . Jason1, a moderator in the Comcast email forum, has indicated that:
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. . . Comcast will soon be working to implement the Spamhaus service to enhance the blacklisting efforts. No dates for when this will be fully implemented but it is in the works.
»forums.comcast.net/thread.jspa?t···tstart=0
Someone has finally gotten a clue that their implementation of the BrightMail anti-spam solution is NOT working. Note my emphasis on "their implementation", as I believe that the problem lies with Comcast, not with BrightMail.
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scooby
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Chicago, IL | Wow about time. I'd love to use those spamhaus sbl lists but they charge too damn much! |
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dadkins
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Hercules, CA | reply to newview
AFT!!! |
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newview
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I believe that this is actually a bigger deal than at first glance.
I've NEVER seen Comcast use anything but "big" name companies like Microsoft, McAfee, BrightMail (Symantec), etc. The fact that they FINALLY recognize that Spamhaus is THE final word for a blacklisting solution speaks volumes. Let's hope their cluefullness continues and will extend to implementing SpamAssassin for individual spam filtering.
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Chopstix
join:2000-06-12
Monroe, MI | reply to newview
I use Cloudmark .... it's well worth the couple bux a month it costs if you pay by the year ... my time is too valuable to wait around for an ISP to offer hit or miss solutions. |
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Nerdtalker
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Excellent news newview  !
Yeah, hopefully the Spamhaus switchover will make some kind of dent in the relatively big spam-flood that makes it past the comcast mailservers.
I'm curious why they don't just go with SpamAssasin, which is like industry standard for spam filtering, plus, open source.
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Darn, I waited to long to reply (got distracted and opened up 20 other tabs) and Newview beat me to the SpamAssasin remark.  |
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scooby
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Chicago, IL
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SpamAssassin takes a lot of work to keep up. Its better to block the spam at the source. DSPAM is the way to go if you go opensource. Its pretty badass. My email stats since the beginning of the year.
TP True Positives: 21603
TN True Negatives: 49289
FP False Positives: 109
FN False Negatives: 337
SC Spam Corpusfed: 27
NC Nonspam Corpusfed: 70
TL Training Left: 0
SHR Spam Hit Rate 98.46%
HSR Ham Strike Rate: 0.22%
OCA Overall Accuracy: 99.37% |
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MrRuckus
join:2004-01-30
Portland, OR
| Hopefully this will do somethin to all the spam currently. I was ok until about 6 months ago when spam just all the sudden took off like a jet and started coming in. I have always been very careful about my comcast addresses. I have 2 I use myself one each on 2 diff comcast accounts.
xxxxxxx@comcast.net
x.xxxxxx@comcast.net
Both started to receive spam at the same time at about the same rate. Never gave out these addresses. Not sure how they all the sudden started getting bombarded with spam. Either way, being that I get both on my phone for convenience (comcast allowing my phone to connect to the servers is nice), its a hassle to sort through all the spam. |
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gate1975mlm
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Philadelphia, PA | reply to newview
I wonder how long before this starts? |
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W8ASA
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I guess I'll have to tell my customers who use Comcast that they might have trouble receiving my e-mails. SBC/Yahoo hosts my domains, from which I send e-mail. Spamhaus, instead of targetting individual problem IPs, blankets entire ranges, which results in my customers and friends not receiving my e-mails. This happens at least once a month. It's usually resolved within two days or so, but it is a pain in the a$$. Spamhaus is NOT my friend!
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scooby
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| said by W8ASA :I guess I'll have to tell my customers who use Comcast that they might have trouble receiving my e-mails. SBC/Yahoo hosts my domains, from which I send e-mail. Spamhaus, instead of targetting individual problem IPs, blankets entire ranges, which results in my customers and friends not receiving my e-mails. This happens at least once a month. It's usually resolved within two days or so, but it is a pain in the a$$. Spamhaus is NOT my friend! Pick a spam friendly provider and you wouldn't have that problem. |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | Sure would be nice if the stop the flow of crap that comes out of their networks. There isn't 10 minutes that passes where they have some zombie that sends us spam or port scans or some sort of crap comes from them. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | reply to newview
I wonder how Comcast will block its own domain from time to time.
Hopefully, they will take a more pro-active approach to to stopping spam from their own servers. |
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OpenMike
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""Sure would be nice if the stop the flow of crap that comes out of their networks. There isn't 10 minutes that passes where they have some zombie that sends us spam or port scans or some sort of crap comes from them.""
This could be said with many providers.  |
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scooby
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Chicago, IL
| said by OpenMike :""Sure would be nice if the stop the flow of crap that comes out of their networks. There isn't 10 minutes that passes where they have some zombie that sends us spam or port scans or some sort of crap comes from them."" This could be said with many providers. »www.senderbase.org/ Comcast is still #1 spam wise. A close second is Yahoo/SBC. Just use the dynamic rbls or block anyone with a comcast.net address that sends mail to you. Only allow the comcast smtp servers. |
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Warzau
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said by dadkins :AFT!!! Ditto!
Brightmail before it was for corp use only, used to be good, but doesn't cut it anymore. |
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GTaylor
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Frisco, TX
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said by scooby Pick a spam friendly provider and you wouldn't have that problem.
[/BQUOTE :He did, that's why he's having the problems Sorry, couldn't resist - I know what you were trying to say. Count me as one who applauds this move, especially since Spamhaus had Comcast in the "Hall of Shame" |
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scooby
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Chicago, IL
| Whoops my bad. That should be: select an organization that is hard on spam.
Yahoo has been hosting and allowing phishing lately and not doing anything about it. I've emailed them atleast 20 times about a site that is hosting a phishing web page and yep weeks later it is still up. |
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retiredat44
North San Diego County
join:2002-08-13
Vista, CA
|  reply to newview
I can tel you emphatically that the BrightMail with Adelphia Cable ISP is not at al working, it's LOUSY! I get my arse spammed off every time I get my emMail. Bightmail is a fraud.
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ericreid
join:2002-12-27
Aurora, CO
| reply to scooby
said by scooby :SpamAssassin takes a lot of work to keep up. Its better to block the spam at the source. DSPAM is the way to go if you go opensource. Its pretty badass. My email stats since the beginning of the year. TP True Positives: 21603 TN True Negatives: 49289 FP False Positives: 109 FN False Negatives: 337 SC Spam Corpusfed: 27 NC Nonspam Corpusfed: 70 TL Training Left: 0 SHR Spam Hit Rate 98.46% HSR Ham Strike Rate: 0.22% OCA Overall Accuracy: 99.37% Holy cow. It's only the 94th day of the year. Over 7000 emails per day? With 2000 valid? That's insane! |
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