Yes - I got several of these notices from the same person.
Spamhaus is free under limited circumstances. It is not free to everyone. It should have an off switch configuration for those of us who it is neither free nor affordable. I for one am tired of getting these emails from MxTools because I failed to turn off EVERY call in SA that invokes a Spamhaus lookup.
How about a config like spamhaus = off On 8/19/2011 6:25 PM, Michael Scheidell wrote:
Bullshit. There is no ipaddress with a rdns below. Bullshit 2. We arnt querying spamhaus servers. Isnt this jyst a spam scam ? Show me packet traces. -- Michael Scheidell, CTO SECNAP Network Security -----Original message----- From: MXTools Spamhaus Team<msm...@mxtools.com> To: Michael Scheidell<michael.scheid...@secnap.com> Sent: Sat, Aug 20, 2011 01:20:10 GMT+00:00 Subject: Caution - access to Spamhaus data-feed may be improperly configured: secnap.com.ionspam.net. Dear Spamhaus User, I am writing to you on behalf of MXtools.com, an authorized Spamhaus reseller. Our automated server monitoring tools have detected that your organization is querying Spamhaus public servers with an unusually high volume from the following IP address: secnap.com.ionspam.net. . Many users are unaware that the public service is provided free of charge only for low volume mail servers (non-commercial) or for small organizations with no other means to protect themselves against spam (non-profits, charities). This usage policy is well explained at: http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage.html. Since millions of users across organizations of all sizes now depend on Spamhaus to keep email flowing, they encourage high volume users and other commercial services to move to our sponsored service. This prevents overloading of the public mirrors and keeps response times snappy. Pricing for the sponsored data-feed is approximately less than $1/user (much less for Service Providers& Schools) - which is clearly the most affordable way to protect your organization against spam and malware. As a full subscriber you are also entitled to unlimited free technical support and free pro-active monitoring of your email server. Thank you for using the DNSBL data-feed to protect your users from the daily deluge of spam. Through your continued use of the sponsored service, Spamhaus can ensure sustained funding of the free public mirrors that are used by millions of home users and non-commercial or charitable organizations. Your contribution also helps support our research efforts to fight spammers and other cyber-miscreants. Please consider registering now using this link: http://www.spamhaus.org/ma Sincerely, Spamhaus Technology& MXTools Melanie Smith msm...@mxtools.com<mailto:msm...@mxtools.com> +1-866-931-9228 ext. 217 +1-778-330-1074 ext. 217 http://www.mxtools.com<http://www.mxtools.com/Spamhaus/Datafeed/tabid/95/Default.aspx> http://www.spamhaustech.com<http://www.spamhaustech.com/registration/ma> P.S. If you are already a Spamhaus Datafeed client, thank you we truly appreciate your support! However, it would appear that one of your servers (perhaps forgotten from the trial period) needs to be re-configured. Please contact us at supp...@mxtools.com<mailto:supp...@mxtools.com> so that we may help make the required changes and avoid any service interruptions.
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