On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 10:43:00AM -0700, Brian May wrote: > I though this was freaking funny... I've been reporting spam to the UCE > address for over 6 months, then today I get this (over 200 of them) > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host arcticfox.ftc.gov[164.62.7.14] said: 550 5.7.1 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Rejected:< mydlsIP> listed at > dialups.relays.osirusoft.com > > Why the F would they block ANYONE from sending/reporting spam to an address > that is setup to fight it? Oh wait.. its the government.. duh. silly me.
FYI: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/27/0214238&mode=nested&tid=111&tid=126 Osirusoft is down, and currently blocks all the world. Osirusoft Blacklists The World [ Spam ] [ Technology/IT ] Posted by timothy on 5:15 27th August, 2003 from the wildcard-matches-for-evil dept. ariehk writes "As of today, Osirusoft, distributer of the SPEWS and open relay blocklists, among others, is no longer operational. Servers using these lists (including the FTC) are currently rejecting ALL email. This shutdown seems to be in response to a several-week-long DDoS attack on Osirusoft, SPEWS and others, resulting in both sites being down. This has caused much discussion on n.a.n-a.e, including the suggestion that the attack is somehow related to the SoBig worm. The spammers must be hurting if they can devote these kinds of resources to attacking blocklists." Read on below a related submission. NSXDavid writes "Earlier today our site mysteriously ended up on Joe Jared's Osirusoft SPAM blacklist which is used by lots of antispam software (like SpamAssassin and sendmail). Since he is currently under a serious DDoS attack, there was no way to appeal this decision. We contacted Mr. Jared by phone who informed us that 'everyone needs to stop using Osirusoft and that he's going to be shutting the service down.' Then he says he's going to blacklist 'the world' (aka, ban *.*.*.*) to get his point across. Later on this evening, he apparently went ahead and did just that. Succumbing to lawsuits and DDoS, a once great blacklist is dead. SpamAssassin is removing it from their config in the next release (rc3) and email admins around the globe are reconfiguring their mail servers." ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
