[Gllug] www.spews.org - spamming blacklist

[Chris Bell]

On Mon 02 Jun, t.clarke wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have just discovered that our mail gateway 195.42.43.42 is listed in the
> spews.org blacklist.
> 
> I have gone to www.spews.org and looked at the 'evidence', of which frankly I
> cannot make any sense.
> 
> We are running qmail, which as far as I am aware is configured correctly to
> prevent mail relaying (rcpthosts contains basically only seacon.co.uk and
> certain subdomains thereof). A check locally of smtp results in the smtp server
> rejecting requests for mail delivery to domains other than seacon.co.uk.
> 
> So, I am at a loss as why we are included in the backlist.
> 
> Either the inclusion is erroneous or mail is being relayed by some mechanism
> of which I am unaware.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how to proceed to resolve this probolem wouldbe gratefully
> received
> 
   Spammers may have used your name in a false spam header, or perhaps sent
your address to the blacklist because you have caused them some
inconvenience, so you may need to contact the organisers of the blacklist to
get it sorted.


-- 
Chris Bell



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