Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 07:21:02 +1200 From: Joe Abley <jabley@automagic.org> Subject: Re: surge in spam email (fwd)
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:25:15AM -0500, Ben Beuchler wrote:
Is Telstra still being blocked? =20
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 09:20:07AM -0700, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote: =20 petra:~$ ./spamtest 139.134.5.153 rbl.maps.vix.com =3D>=20 rss.maps.vix.com =3D>=20 dul.maps.vix.com =3D>=20 relays.orbs.org =3D> 127.0.0.4 outputs.orbs.org =3D>=20
Note 127.0.0.4 indicates a manual listing -- it doesn't indicate that the relay 139.134.5.153 has been tested and found to be promiscuous.
Or, conceivably the relay was tested and found to _not_ be promiscuous. Either way, it's not a story I would want to tell in court.
$ dig txt 153.5.134.139.relays.orbs.org | grep TXT ;; 153.5.134.139.relays.orbs.org, type =3D TXT, class =3D IN 153.5.134.139.relays.orbs.org. 86400 TXT "Telstra and \ Optus - spam haveners, refusing to act. "
Highly unscientific research seems to indicate that it's the manual entries that cause the bulk of the false positives when testing for spam using the relays.orbs.org zone.
See above comment... -tjs