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[Asrg] 7. Best Practices - DNSBLs - Article

2003-08-10 15:01:59
Here is a Register article describing a site being blacklisted by SPEWS.org and how they are dealing with it:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32231.html

Also see this Politech Bot post:

http://www.politechbot.com/p-05013.html

The site in question was blacklisted for using an ISP that has been known for hosting spammers in the past. SPEWS.org does not provide contact information nor are their operations audited by anyone.

The problem with SPEWS.org specifically and other similar initiatives, is that they do not provide contact information and there is no way to gauge whether their internal operations are run properly. This is a problem with all anti-spam tools and is something that should be addressed in the BCP area. Additionally, mail administrators should be cautious when selecting or relying on a specific tool (this also goes into BCPs). Within the consent framework, these are SOURCE TRACKING COMPONENTs which should be selected carefully.

Yakov


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