Re: [Exim] RBL blocking

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Auteur: Tabor J. Wells
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Aan: Alan J. Flavell
CC: Margrit.Lottmann, Exim users list
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] RBL blocking
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:41:10PM +0100,
Alan J. Flavell <flavell@???> is thought to have said:

> On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 Margrit.Lottmann@??? wrote:
>
> > Any user think, that the new blocker rejects too much domains, also
> > serious ... and important domains (example: hbs.edu )
>
> All of the ORBS replacements exhibit the same property in this regard
> as the original ORBS: they document the technical fact that the IP
> address is (part of) an open relay (chain). This in practice does
> also pick out quite a number of otherwise harmless and useful sites.
> You have to set your own policy: there's nobody who can decide it for
> you. I'm referring to these services generically as "ORB" in this
> note.


Umm, that's not true. ORDB specifically does not and will not list
outputs. Only inputs. So there is no chain there. It's the functional
equivalent of using the old inputs.orbs.org zone (although it really does
only contain open relays).

Tabor

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Tabor J. Wells                                     twells@???
Fsck It!                 Just another victim of the ambient morality