Post by RobPost by OfendidoIs unfair that Backscatterer.org block IP Server with hundreds of
users. I have a VPS with over 400 customers and applying harsh
penalties for spam, but if a customer does send spam,
backscatterer.org blacklisted the server IP for 4 weeks without
notice to the Datacenter, unfairly affecting hundreds of my clients
do not send spam .
Again, if your customers are affected by a listing on
backscatterer.org it is not really your fault, but the fault of the
system they are sending mail to.
Really? How do you figure that? The OP wasn't complaining that his users
were having their outbound mail rejected, just that the server was listed.
Post by Robbackscatterer.org is not there for blocking spam but for blocking
incorrect DSN (delivery failure messages).
Mail systems that use backscatterer.org to block mail messages (not
DSN) are broken. Period.
You may take that view; but you can't know. I *know* that there are at
least some sysadmins who choose to block non-DSN mail using
backscatterer, in full knowledge of that list's policies. I don't know
why they do that, but I suppose it may be that they think sites that
emit backscatter are maladministered, and they don't want mail from such
sites. But I don't know.
Post by RobDo not listen to the people here that claim there is a good reason to
block all mail from systems listed on backscatterer.org, it is not
true.
Again: you may take that view; but you can't know.
Post by RobSo the best thing to do is to investigate what mail is being blocked
because of your listing, see if this is all mail to one or a few
domains, then inform the owner of that domain (and your users) that
his mail setup is incorrect and that he should visit the webpage
backscatterer.org for more info.
"Inform ... setup is incorrect" - hopefully the OP is modest enough to
refrain from telling the admins of other systems that they have done
something "incorrect". It might be wiser counsel to INQUIRE whether what
they have done was deliberate or an accident?
Post by RobWhen the domain owner chooses to ignore that advise, bad luck for him.
How so?
Post by RobJust inform your users that his mailsystem is unprofessionally
managed and that he does not want to receive mail. It is up to your
users to decide if they want to communicate with such a system.
Your advice is partial, Rob, and I think you know it. You are presenting
as a universal fact a point of view that you *know* some people disagree
with. In particular, advising people to tell the administrators of
remote systems what their business is, is simply bad advice; even if
those admins have made a mistake in their setup, they are unlikely to
welcome the kind of approach you seem to be advocating.
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MrD.
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