Spam handling

["joe" <joej () rocknyou com>]

Ok so I send an email to a friend at SBC. Here's the result.

The original message was received at Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:23:51 -0400
from pc2.rocknyou.com [192.168.1.28]

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<myfriend223 () ameritech net>
    (reason: 553 5.3.0 DNSBL:To request removal of,[xx.xx.xxx.111],send an
E-mail to removeme () sbc sbcglobal net)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mx1-klmzmi.klmzmi.ameritech.net.:
> > > MAIL From:<joej () rocknyou com>
<<< 553 5.3.0 DNSBL:To request removal of,[xxx.xxx.xx.177],send an E-mail to
removeme () sbc sbcglobal net
501 5.6.0 Data format error

Ok, I send an email to to removeme () sbc sbcglobal net
result:

The original message was received at Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:24:09 -0400
from pc2.rocknyou.com [192.168.1.28]

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<removeme () sbc sbcglobal net>
    (reason: 550 5.0.0 Access denied)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mx.dia.sbcglobal.net.:
> > > MAIL From:<joej () rocknyou com>
<<< 550 5.0.0 Access denied
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable

Nice, why bother advertising such a removal via email?

Cheers
-Joe