Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:55:41 +0200 Reindl Harald wrote: > the question is *how* is that de-listing managed and how do you > manage "i will take care in the future" and if that's not true > because de-listing is just a click how easy is it for spammers to not > realy care I delist anyone who asks

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Alarig Le Lay
On Sun Jun 21 16:22:26 2015, Dianne Skoll wrote: > I don't approve of Barracuda's behaviour. If they're blocking > /24s because of some bad machines, you should not have to pay for > delisting one IP. If they can prove that your specific IP was responsible > for a spam run, then it's legit to cha

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.06.2015 um 23:50 schrieb Jered Floyd: There is a murky relationship between Barracuda and EmailReg. It's awfully suspicious that signing up on whitelist X clears you from "unrelated" blacklist Y. So, it may not be "paying to delist one IP" in framing, but in action it seems to be pret

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Jered Floyd
EmailReg.org operates a whitelist, so you pay to get listed there. The site doesn't say much at all about what sort of verification or later delisting for spam they might do. However, they are promoted directly on the "Sorry, your email was blocked" page for Barracuda Reputation, and the page

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Dianne Skoll wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:26:54 -0400 > Jim Popovitch wrote: > >> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Dianne Skoll >> > you should not have to pay for delisting one IP. >> and with BN you are NOT paying for a delisting. > > You are splitting hairs.

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.06.2015 um 22:52 schrieb Dianne Skoll: On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:26:54 -0400 Jim Popovitch wrote: On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Dianne Skoll you should not have to pay for delisting one IP. and with BN you are NOT paying for a delisting. You are splitting hairs. Essentially, you a

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:26:54 -0400 Jim Popovitch wrote: > On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Dianne Skoll > > you should not have to pay for delisting one IP. > and with BN you are NOT paying for a delisting. You are splitting hairs. Essentially, you are paying for delisting. We run our own set

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.06.2015 um 22:22 schrieb Dianne Skoll: On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:23:58 +0200 Reindl Harald wrote: spammers don't invest money, never Of course not. They pay using a stolen credit card. I don't approve of Barracuda's behaviour. If they're blocking /24s because of some bad machines, yo

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Dianne Skoll wrote: > you should not have to pay for delisting one IP. and with BN you are NOT paying for a delisting.You are paying for the upfront ID validation and verification process that goes into fast-tracking your email flow. If you don't want that f

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:23:58 +0200 Reindl Harald wrote: > spammers don't invest money, never Of course not. They pay using a stolen credit card. I don't approve of Barracuda's behaviour. If they're blocking /24s because of some bad machines, you should not have to pay for delisting one IP. I

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.06.2015 um 20:52 schrieb Antony Stone: On Sunday 21 June 2015 at 19:23:58 (EU time), Reindl Harald wrote: spammers don't invest money, never Ah, my bad understanding - I followed the link you posted earlier http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/section/Glossary#233 which pointed me to http://ww

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Antony Stone
On Sunday 21 June 2015 at 19:23:58 (EU time), Reindl Harald wrote: > spammers don't invest money, never Ah, my bad understanding - I followed the link you posted earlier http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/section/Glossary#233 which pointed me to http://www.spamhaus.org/news/article/641?article=641 whi

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Bill Cole
On 21 Jun 2015, at 10:33, Jered Floyd wrote: Richard, The BRBL may have listed the entire /24 that includes your sending IPs. Painful experience has shown that Barracuda won't hear your requests for delisting, and the listing may never go away. I believe you've got it in one. I heard bac

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.06.2015 um 18:58 schrieb Antony Stone: On Sunday 21 June 2015 at 17:22:58 (EU time), Jim Popovitch wrote: I appear to be getting a shakedown scam from Barracuda Networks. You are not being shaken down, but you might be slandering. ;-) I'm fairly certain that BN isn't making much prof

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Antony Stone
On Sunday 21 June 2015 at 17:22:58 (EU time), Jim Popovitch wrote: > > I appear to be getting a shakedown scam from Barracuda Networks. > > You are not being shaken down, but you might be slandering. ;-) > > I'm fairly certain that BN isn't making much profit off of your $20. > What they are ge

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Jim Popovitch
> I appear to be getting a shakedown scam from Barracuda Networks. You are not being shaken down, but you might be slandering. ;-) I'm fairly certain that BN isn't making much profit off of your $20. What they are getting is your commitment, and your ID, that one or more IP addrs under your cont

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.06.2015 um 17:00 schrieb Jeroen de Neef: I wonder what their justification is for doing this. the questoon is how many addtional IP's on the /24 where in fact sending spam, see http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/section/Glossary#233 2015-06-21 16:33 GMT+02:00 Jered Floyd mailto:je...@convi

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Jeroen de Neef
I wonder what their justification is for doing this. 2015-06-21 16:33 GMT+02:00 Jered Floyd : > > Richard, > > > The BRBL may have listed the entire /24 that includes your sending IPs. > > Painful experience has shown that Barracuda won't hear your requests for > > delisting, and the listing may

Re: Barracuda / EmailReg.org protection racket? (OT, but help?)

2015-06-21 Thread Jered Floyd
Richard, > The BRBL may have listed the entire /24 that includes your sending IPs. > Painful experience has shown that Barracuda won't hear your requests for > delisting, and the listing may never go away. I believe you've got it in one. I heard back from a colleague on the same /24 (though n