[AusNOG] iiNet's mail black lists

[Guennadi M]

Thanks, prk -

This was a one-off outbreak by one of our clients - they've been dealt
with appropriately.

Thank you for your help - it's really appreciated.

GM

On 9/18/07, Paul Raj Khangure <ausnog at digitaljunkie.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 04:17:05PM +0800, Guennadi M wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to get out of iiNet's email black lists? It gives us a
> > lot of headache as a lot of our clents forward emails to their iiNet
> > mail boxes. I sent emails to iiNet, but they just say, "it takes
> > time". We can't afford to wait.
>
> ISPs can't afford to let known spam sources relay mail.
>
> If an IP isn't running any anti-spam software in front of the mail it
> then relays, then from the ISP's point of view, its not much different
> from an open relay being exploited by spammers.
>
> > Is there anyone we can talk to iiNET or do something to fix it up?
>
> I'll see what I can do.
>
> But if your IP is still relaying a high proportion of spam, it will end
> up black listed again.
>
> prk.
>