Re: [SLUG] Mail return - what does it mean?

From: R P Herrold (herrold@owlriver.com)
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 15:32:52 EDT


On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, John Oakes wrote:

> That site, dsbl.org, has the IP 206.46.170.103 blacklisted. IP looks up to
> out003pub.verizon.net. This site has blacklisted a very large ISP's SMTP; I
> highly doubt Verizon permits mail relayed from non-Verizon customers. I'll
> make sure to never use dsbl.org.

s you will; each email admin chooses their own path -- The
test piece in question came from a speakeasy DSL account, and
was relayed by Verizon, as indicated at:
   http://www.dsbl.org/message.php?id=912726
  
[root@oldnews EMS]# host 66.92.72.213
213.72.92.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer
dsl092-072-213.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net.
[root@oldnews EMS]#

Verizon != speakeasy in Boston ...

It is an open relay as noted.

-- Russ Herrold



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 13:07:11 EDT