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Re: surge in spam email (fwd)
From: Ben Beuchler <insyte () emt-p org>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 14:25:51 -0500
On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 07:21:02AM +1200, Joe Abley wrote:
relays.orbs.org => 127.0.0.4 outputs.orbs.org =>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. $ dig txt 153.5.134.139.relays.orbs.org | grep TXT ;; 153.5.134.139.relays.orbs.org, type = TXT, class = 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.
I agree, which is why I intend to use outputs.orbs.org. It does not contain the manual entries. It supposedly only contains confirmed relays. Ben -- Ben Beuchler insyte () bitstream net MAILER-DAEMON (612) 321-9290 x101 Bitstream Underground www.bitstream.net
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