>> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 >> Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm >> Precedence: bulk >> list-help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> list-unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> List-Post: <mailto:users@spamassassin.apache.org> >> List-Id: <users.spamassassin.apache.org> >> Delivered-To: mailing list users@spamassassin.apache.org >> X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 >> tests=SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY >> Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of [EMAIL PROTECTED] designates >> 212.202.99.227 as permitted sender) >> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:36:43 +0100 >> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Novice question regarding mail server identity check >> X-Mailer: Virtual Access Open Source http://www.virtual-access.org/ >> Mime-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> From: "Kai Schaetzl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: users@spamassassin.apache.org >> X-Rcpt-To: <users@spamassassin.apache.org> >> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org >> X-TOI-SPAM: u;0;2005-12-16T12:37:34Z >> X-TOI-VIRUSSCAN: unchecked >> X-TOI-MSGID: 229c1907-5a1f-4025-bcee-5c9a2f6ffb3d >> X-Seen: false >> X-Spam-Level: >> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham >> version=3.0.4 >> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on amadeus3.local >> >> Søren Therkelsen wrote on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:30:10 +0100: >> >> > Received: from [218.65.120.230] (helo=uwo.ca) >> > ------------------------------Why should a Canadian university have there >> > mail server in China? >> >> Why not? The answer may be obvious in this case, but if you try to >> generalize that this method fails. There is nothing that forces a mail >> server to use a domain suffix for heloing that matches the GeoIP lookup. >> Actually, that may be quite uncommon for various reasons. >> >> There are *much* better methods to get rid of this spam. 1. that IP is on a >> lot of RBLs since it is dynamic IP space. 2. if one uses some helo >> verification the above helo will fail because it has only one dot. >>
Hi, what is the problem with putting a single computer into a hosting center, name it mycompany.com, and also let it helo as mycompany.com? Of course it should have reasonable dns entries but that's a different story Wolfgang Hamann
