Re: Verizon mail server on MAPS RSS list

[Vinny Abello <vinny () tellurian com>]

At 03:59 PM 3/27/2003 -0500, Richard Welty wrote:


> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:40:00 -0700 Josh Gentry <jgentry () swcp com> wrote:
> > We've got customers trying to receive email from people using Verizon for
> > Internet acess, and we are rejecting that mail because
> > out013pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.44] is on the MAPS RSS list.  Can't
> > pull
> > up the MAPS RSS website at the moment to check why.  Anyone know contact
> > info for Verizon for this kind of issue?
>
> maps RSS is open relays.
>
> try the abuse.net relay tester on the BL'd IP and see what it turns up,
>
>    http://www.abuse.net/relay.html

Looks like that IP is on quite a few lists actually...

http://rbls.org/?q=206.46.170.44

Must be a very abused Verizon mail server, possibly one of many...

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