[Gllug] blacklisted mail servers

Adrian McMenamin adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk
Thu Oct 20 21:52:29 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 22:50 +0100, paul wrote:
> If a mail server is blacklisted by a company, but the people running the 
> server are not guilty of spamming - I.E: they have been used as a spamming 
> relay, does all mail get blocked or is it dependent upon who blacklists you?
> 

No mail will be blocked unless someone or something intervenes to block
it.

So if your ISP filters mail for you it may block mail from a known
spammer. If you run your own mailserver it is up to you which mail you
let through.

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