Re: Fwd: Mail refused: SPAM

[Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:35:13AM -0800, Angela Marie Thomas wrote:
>
>> Curious, the gcc machine is on the spam block lists...  Hum...  The 
>> cause seems to be the spam on the cygwin list.  :-(
>
>This is not uncommon.  Note that SpamCop says it should not be used
>in production:
>
>   This  blocking list is somewhat experimental and should not be used in
>   a  production environment where legitimate email must be delivered. It
>   is  growing  more stable and is used by many large sites now. However,
>   SpamCop  is  aggressive  and often errs on the side of blocking mail ...
>
>There's little we can do if end-users block sourceware based on
>faulty data.

Actually, I had an agreement with spamcop owing to this very user who
can't get it into his thick skull that spam "from cygwin.com" isn't
really originating there.  Probably the IP address change confused things,
though.  I've sent another message asking to be put back on whatever list
we need to be on to avoid this type of thing in the future.

It's a little strange that I didn't see any email to postmaster about
this, though.  Usually they notify the site when they institute a block.

>Perhaps we should unsubscribe list members who forward mailing list
>spam to rbl sites.

I've just done that.

>We do the best we can to block spam, but some of it is just going to
>get through and adding sourceware to the rbl sites doesn't help anyone.

Yeah, we are on one obscure list, though.  Apparently the guy doesn't
like Red Hat or something.  That's a good reason for a block right?

cgf