Re: [exim] A cry for help - are there any plusnet admins out…

On 3/24/2011 12:13 PM, Zoe (Medway Hosting) wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marc Perkel"<marc@???>
> To: "Dave Restall - System Administrator,,,"<dave@???>
> Cc:<exim-users@???>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [exim] A cry for help - are there any plusnet admins out there
> ?
>
>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> I understand your frustrations dealing the the brain dead. What I do is
>> have a text file with a list of domains not to verify and that solves
>> the problem. You can also push sender verification down your list of
>> tests so you do less of it. For example, I do my blacklist tests,
>> whitelist tests, HELO test, other DNS based tests, etc. Then I do some
>> sender verification on what is left and I'm not getting any complaints
>> because the number of verification call outs are greatly reduced.
> Ok - I am biting - I thought I'd be able to resist - but I couldn't..
>
> Sender address verification callouts are ABUSIVE behaviour. By all means do
> a DNS lookup on the sending domain to see if THAT exists, but if you insist
> on using SAV like Marc does, you can expect to get blacklisted as often as
> his servers do.
>
> It's as simple as that.
>
> All the best
>
> Zoë
> (formerly Phil)
>

I see what you are referring to now. You're the one who operates a
secret blacklist ABMRBL.COM where you blacklist people manually who
disagree with you.