[AusNOG] Political Spam?

[Geordie Guy]

Most (all?) political party stuff is exempt from the SPAM Act and the Do
Not Call Register.  Either drop the IP block or It will go away after the
election.

G

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Jared Hirst <
jared.hirst at serversaustralia.com.au> wrote:

> We had this happen to us a few years ago, the best thing which was not
> ideal was to simply black hole the sending IP and let the provider know.
>
> It's not a solution as such but if you are finding that it's actually
> damaging your mail servers then it's probably the best temporary solution
> till they stop.
>
>
> On Friday, January 30, 2015, Ross Wheeler <ausnog at rossw.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Has anyone else been getting heaps of spam (particularly from a specific
>> political party) over recent days?
>>
>> All mine seems to be originating from 104.206.203.0/25 (Hosted overseas,
>> but operated by an australian entity and individual.)
>>
>> I've contacted the person listed as tech contact who seems to be fully
>> aware of the situation and doesn't give a rats. Their mail servers are
>> particularly unfriendly (hammering away like a crazed monkey, despite
>> greylisting saying to go away for (x) time). The majority of the addresses
>> they're hitting either haven't existed for years, or have never existed.
>> Those that are valid have absolutely definately not given permission
>> (either explicitly or implied).
>>
>> I've logged a complaint with the hosting provider - no idea if that'll
>> get anywhere. I've also called the ACMA and am waiting on a call back.
>>
>> I've spoken to a few other people who run mail servers, they're seeing
>> much the same, I'm curious if it's actually causing any significant blips
>> on peoples radars, and/or if anyone else is as rabidly anti-spam as I am
>> and has suggestions on ways to eradicate it at the source?
>>
>> RossW
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