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Hello
Im declared as a spammer in the CBL,xBL...
When i try to send a mail to an outside network from my own network, i recieve a mail that saying they refuse the mail because it is considered as a spam.
by lha.hanane Accepted solution
by tig2 Accepted solution
That declared your domain a spamming domain. It does happen by mistake and there is a way to get off the list. They will also be able to tell you why you got on the list to begin with.
I have heard that some organizations are easier to deal with than others. Just keep at it.
Good luck!
by jdclyde Accepted solution
They are a parasite on the Internet, making a buck off of stupid peoples desire to not have a single spam in their in-box.
I have been dealing with these parasites on and off for about three years now.
In MOST cases, they will NOT tell you why you are listed because it might give REAL spammers hints on how to get around their system.
I even got blocked by one scumbag organization that takes a week to get removed from their list for free, or you can pay them 50 Euros extortion to get removed now.
Every one of these lists that do not work with the false-positives can go to hell, and a pox on the retards in charge of ISP's that don't understand they are DE-valuing email as a valid business tool if they make you lose a single valid business opportunity. Better to get 100 spam than lose one valid email.
by jdclyde Accepted solution
by steve.allison Accepted solution
Is it just your IP, or an entire block that has been classed as untrustworthy by the spamlists?
If you are sending mail from a dynamic IP given to you by the ISP, the chances are that the spamlist maintainer will have added your entire IP block and will be unsympathetic. You shouldn't be sending mail from a dynamic range anyway.
If your IP is static, then you first need to find out why you have been sending spam. Was it on purpose, some sort of mailshot? Or has your network been infiltrated with malicious intent? Having yourself removed from the xBL will only be temporary if you continue sending spam.
The easiest way to circumvent xBL lists is to setup the relay option in your SMTP server, and send your mail via your ISP's SMTP gateway.
by faradhi Accepted solution
That works until some other customer of your ISP gets a bug and starts spamming.
I have had that problem. Another customer of my ISP got a bot on his network and we used the same SMTP gateway. The result was that I get blacklisted. Then I could not get off the BL because I was not the admin or tech contact for the IP.
I prefer the route of blocking all outbound email except from my mail server. Then I ensure that my mail server is not an open relay. Finally, I monitor outbound traffic for unusual spikes in outbound email.
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by steve.allison Accepted solution
My advice was for the OP who is already been added to the xBL, therefore using the SMTP gateway of his/her ISP could circumvent such a block.
I agree however, that the best possible strategy when setting up your network is to prohibit all outgoing mail traffic unless it originates from your own mail server.
As I also administer my ISP's mail server, I also restrict that outgoing traffic to only the relay destination.
But like you pointed out, you cannot normally be responsible for the ISP's SMTP Gateway, and so are trusting other users not to abuse it.
by faradhi Accepted solution
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