Re: Sorbs.net DNS Blacklist

[Devdas Bhagat <devdas () dvb homelinux org>]

On 09/03/06 09:31 -0600, Dan Denton wrote:
> Does anyone on the list have any prior experience with the folks at
> sorbs.net? For the past few weeks a customer who uses a blacklist

Apologies for the late response, I have been afk.

> supplied by them has had our emails blocked. Previous to this the
> company had no problem getting our emails. People at said company want
> to receive our emails and are frustrated that they can't receive them
> (important stuff like invoices and statements), but their IT admin says
> he has no control over the list itself. 
The administrato should be able to whitelist your sending IP address.

> I went to sorbs.net, checked our status using one of their utilities,
> and the IP of our mail server shows up on their list. I've even sent in
> a request to be removed from the list and have received a ticket number.
> In their procedures for delisting, they claim that you must "donate" $50
> per email they supposedly received in their spam traps, and the
> donations are to be made to 2 charities of their choice. I for one think

No. You can donate to _any_ charity you like, they merely provide a
couple of examples. Alternatively, you can wait until your listing 
expires (I believe they have a 90 day blackhole period).

> this is extortion, regardless of whether the intention is to stop
> spammers.
SORBS itself does not block you. They do not charge you money for
delisting. Their argument is "You have done damage to the Internet
commons. If you want to be a good citizen, please undo the damage by
donating $ to <random charity>. Alternatively, wait for 90 days to be
delisted automatically."

Not extortion.

Devdas Bhagat

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