Security Basics: Re: RBLs for SPAM Control

[Alexis <bonobo () bigpond net au>]

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:08 pm, Devdas Bhagat wrote:

> Your next paragraph indicates that you are on the duhl.dnsbl.sorbs.net
> list. That is especially meant to list dynamic IP addresses which should
> not be sending direct to MX.
Hmm . . . . even addresses which, once allocated, might not change for weeks 
at a time? i'm on cable . . . .

> Different DNSBLs have different policies. list.dsbl.org does not time
> out, but delists on request. The sbl removes IPs based on the removal of
> the spammer. Spamcop has a three day lifetime for its entries. Normal
> entries from dnsbl.sorbs.net expire in three months, but never from the
> duhl.
*nod* Okay, thanks.

Alexis.