Hello SA-users, I have a question on the other side of things: outgoing mail. I know this is off-topic but this seems to the only venue where there might be knowledge of the problem, and the offender is a spamassassin "customer".
(I operate an MTA host on which I run SpamAssassin -- it works flawlessly. (I am running Debian Postfix 2.7.1-1+squeeze1 with spamassassin 3.3.1-1.1) This system is in an Internap data center, and provides mail services for about a half-dozen organizations that I support. SPF and DKIM are correctly configured for hosted domains, as is user authentication for submitted mail.) I appear to be getting a shakedown scam from Barracuda Networks. They seem to be getting out of the "anti-spam" and into the "protection racket" business. A small number of recipients have been getting bounce-unsubscribed a community mailing list that I administer. The most recent bounces say that this "blocked using Barracuda Reputation; http://www.barracudanetworks.com/reputation/ " Visiting that page provides no information on the specific reason my MTA has been blocked so I can't determine if there is a configuration issue, but there is a link for one-time removal. Below that the page says "One way to get your email through spam filters even if you are listed on the BRBL is to register your domain and IPs at EmailReg.org." OK, sounds good, I can prove that my IP address is allowed to send for my domains -- I thought that was what SPF and DKIM are for (which are configured) but whatever. However, I click through to emailreg.org and AFTER signing up for an account and configuring it they then reveal that there is a $20 "administrative fee" per domain. This sounds like a scam to me. They're blacklisting mail servers, not telling why, and then offering to take you off the list (without even correcting any problems) for "just" a $20 fee. I don't see how any legitimate RBL can operate with that model. Has anyone else here run into this? Is there a way out other than bribing Barracuda to not block my mail? Thanks, --Jered
