On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Joseph Carter wrote:
> > afaik, ORBS sends to [EMAIL PROTECTED] What other right place could there
> > be?
>
> The domain's technical contact.
Might be a good idea to do this in addition to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but I
fail to see where this is "better" - Most domains have quite nonsensical
"hostmaster" tech-c's.
> Uh, I can find at least one site real quickly whose admin will tell you
> that he got a message from ORBS, fixed the problem, was blacklisted
> anyway, and it took him a month to get off that list even though the
> problem was fixed days before they blacklisted him.
Yeah well they probably did NOT fix the problem, then.
> Given every report I've heard to the contrary, I'm not sure I believe
> that. I've also been told that there are cases where their tests produce
> false positives.
I don't see how you can create a false positive on a relay test. Either
the message gets through, and you're an open relay, or it doesn't, and
you're fine. It's quite simple, really.
--
"Kif, if there's one thing I don't need it's your 'I don't think that's
wise' attitude."
--- Zap Brannigan
