Craig and Jason, I'm reading this thread and to be honest, I'm getting really tired to get the same sentences repeated over and over by both of you.
It seems you just don't read the other's mail, instead just quickly reply with counter-arguments. Please try to cooperate, or go somewhere else to discuss this topic. For me it's obvious that Jason is right about Osirusoft's list being too restrictive about Asian hosts. Craig, please try to read the message, which was repeated over and over by Jason: they block a huge HK netblock, not only open relays. I think the RBL list is for listing open relays, but they blocked all hosts within a wide range, which means blocking private hosts, servers not related to IAdvantage and even non-existing hosts. E.g.: http://openrbl.org/ip/202/85/128/1.htm (202.85.128.1) The host doesn't even ping, how this can be an open relay?! I live in Poland. I do get a lot of spam both from Asia and the "West". I try to fight spam with all methods I find effective, but avoiding false positives as much as I can. Assuming that all Asian mail is spam is really unfair. I guess debian-isp is not a good forum for a discussion about internals of RBL databases. One point, which could be useful for Debian ISPs here is that Osirusoft's database uses unfair methods to fight spam and blocks whole networks without proper explanation. The decision to use that database or not is in the hands of this list's subscribers. Marcin -- Windows 2000: A reliable comprehensive and integrated operating system platform delivering seamless interoperability, scalability, and performance, and broad application support. Open Source: No f*ing buzzwords.
