My ISP has been "blacklisted"!

Kind of like having the Post Office read your mail before you get it,
just to make sure it's really something you need to see! I'll filter my
own spam, thank you very much!

Jay Honeck wrote:
Many of my emails in response to those of you who have sent me pictures for
the new Rec.Aviation website have been "bouncing back".

When it became obvious that it was NOT "everyone else's" problem, I
contacted Mediacom to inquire about the service. Here is their reply --
anyone care to translate? (What the heck is MAPS and RBL, and why is
MEDIACOM the one that is "blacklisted"?):

Dear Jay,
We have found out that Domains that use the same e-mails servers as
Mediacom, but do not use the same precautions as Mediacom, have been
identified as spammers. Because of this, all other Domains that use MAPS
and RBL to check the validity of our mailserver, have us Blacklisted.

Mediacom has been assured that our mail server will be removed from these
blacklist no later then the first of the week, however it may take up to
another 10 days for all these different domains to update their list and
allow mail to be received into their domain from mchsi.com.

It is advised for all customers to have an updated anti-virus program, and
check their system for Trojans (applet progams sending/receiving
data/e-mail; unsuspecting to user), and possibly a firewall to detect this
traffic.

Also, alot of mailservers are halting all mail to see if it is spam, a
virus, or a suspicious file; thus the delivery or rejection notice could
take up to 3 days for Domains protecting their service.

Randy Jackson

Internet Support Representative
Mediacom Online
(877) 387-8087

On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 16:14:01 +0000, rip wrote:

Kind of like having the Post Office read your mail before you get it,
just to make sure it's really something you need to see! I'll filter my
own spam, thank you very much!

Do you like filtering 300 - 400 spams a day out of your maybe 100 legit emails a day
list? I don't.

I do filter my own email using software here that places email spam
into spam mailboxs, and in the last 50,000 spams only misidentified 1 email
as spam when it wasn't. That is only a 6 month time frame for me. Yes, I
keep spams until I hit 5,000 and delete them, I use it for my filter
training.

Many people have absolutely no clue as to how bad spam really truely is,
it's a HUGE drain on resources and I support any efforts to get rid of the
clogs.

In article . net,
"Matthew P. Cummings" wrote:

Many people have absolutely no clue as to how bad spam really truely is,

and way too many of them are supposed to be running email servers.

:-(

--
Bob Noel

In a previous article, "Matthew P. Cummings" said:
Many people have absolutely no clue as to how bad spam really truely is,

I get 2,000 spams a day (and rising rapidly), not counting the Microsoft
executables that are deleted before the spam filter sees them.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Disclaimer: "These opinions are my own, though for a small fee they can be
yours too."

Paul Tomblin wrote:

I get 2,000 spams a day (and rising rapidly), not counting the Microsoft
executables that are deleted before the spam filter sees them.

Wow! I'm only getting about 1% of that.

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

In a previous article, "G.R. Patterson III" said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:

I get 2,000 spams a day (and rising rapidly), not counting the Microsoft
executables that are deleted before the spam filter sees them.

Wow! I'm only getting about 1% of that.

Several reasons for that:
1. I've got several domains registered in my name and email address
2. I've got my email address on a bunch of web sites
3. My email is quoted in several Usenet group's FAQs
4. I've had the same email address since 1996, and the email I had before
that is still forwarded to this one.
5. I've also got several "functional" email addresses (news@, webmaster@,
postmaster@) that are forwarded to this one.
6. I post to Usenet far more than I should. I checked recently and Google
had about 10,000 posts from me just at this email address. (do the math -
10,000 posts since 1996, that means about 1500 posts a year, or 4 a day)
7. I've posted to mailing lists that are archived on the web, further
increasing my visibility and vulnerability.

BTW: I get a ton of spam sent to an address that has ONLY been used to
register a domain, not anything else. Unfortunately it's a requirement to
give a real address for registering a domain, so I can't just drop the
whole thing.

I also put a non-existant email address in a comment field on the
http://xcski.com/ web site. It has never been a valid address, nor has it
ever been mentioned on Usenet or in email, and I see spam bouncing off of
it every day. If I knew how, I'd set up something to automatically
blacklist any sender using that address.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full
house and four people died. -- Steven Wright

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:44:56 +0000 (UTC), Paul Tomblin wrote:

I also put a non-existant email address in a comment field on the
http://xcski.com/ web site. It has never been a valid address, nor has it
ever been mentioned on Usenet or in email, and I see spam bouncing off of
it every day. If I knew how, I'd set up something to automatically
blacklist any sender using that address.


do a search on "honeypot", this might bring you in the right direction.

#m

--
http://www.declareyourself.com/fyr_candidates.php
http://www.subterrane.com/bush.shtml

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Paul Tomblin wrote:

I get 2,000 spams a day (and rising rapidly), not counting the Microsoft
executables that are deleted before the spam filter sees them.

Wow! I'm only getting about 1% of that.

Is it possible that Comcast is stopping the other 99%? Turning off the
Hotmail filter for a couple of hours is instructive. (despite having had my
HM address in the clear for years, I get maybe 5-10 messages a day leak
through the filter, and no complaints from anyone that I didn't reply to
their mail).

-- David Brooks