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List:       spamassassin-users
Subject:    Re: spamcop.net tactics
From:       "Leonard SA" <spamassassin () pcnetsources ! com>
Date:       2005-11-23 11:33:47
Message-ID: 0aee01c5f021$c5ae2b00$6402a8c0 () internal ! local ! net
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Hello,

I have had to remove spamcop from my rbl check list. they have had some 
legitimate mail servers listed recently. They had the gentoo mail list 
listed and some other important servers which i cant see why they were 
added.

Regards ..

Leonard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher X. Candreva" <chris@westnet.com>
To: <users@spamassassin.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: spamcop.net tactics


> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Chr. v. Stuckrad wrote:
>
>> So simply by having users use 'vacation' or viruses/worms
>> sending themselves from faked spam-trap-addresses and bouncing
>> at your site, you can be blacklisted for 24 hours (for each?).
>
> By having users use vacation without a filter to stop it from replying to
> spam, or accepting virus mail then generating a new error, you are engaged
> in a DDOS against the people who's address is forged into the mail. We 
> have
> users getting 3-6 THOUSAND such bounces a day.
>
> So yes, I'm glad SpamCop is blocking sites that do this.
>
> ==========================================================
> Chris Candreva  -- chris@westnet.com -- (914) 967-7816
> WestNet Internet Services of Westchester
> http://www.westnet.com/
> 

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