[CINLUG] Overzealous spam blocklists

[Scott Woodall]

What's a "colo'd" box?

Scott


On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:24:14 -0500, Michael Schultheiss
<schultmc at cinlug.org> wrote:
> I'm all for reducing spam but when the spam fighting techniques add an
> unecessary burden on legitimate communication, they've gone to far.
> 
> I e-mailed webmaster at linux.org to get CINLUG added to
> http://www.linux.org/groups/usa/indiana.html and received a bounce
> message saying my message was blocked by their dialup DNS blocklist.  At
> first I didn't think much of it (thinking maybe they detected my Comcast
> cable modem IP, although that would be odd since I relay through my
> colo'd box) and resent my message from my colo'd box.  The message
> bounced again and I noticed their blocklist erroneously listed my colo
> IP as a dialup.  I had to send the message to a specially formated
> address to bypass their misconfigured blocklist.
> 
> Anyway, I'll quit ranting for now.  If we ever do another presentation
> about spam, I'll be sure to include something about overzealous spam
> fighting techniques.
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