CAcert System Admins discussion list

[Jan Dittberner <jandd AT cacert.org>]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:09:36AM +0200, Wytze van der Raay wrote:
> On 09/13/2010 10:23 AM, Jan Dittberner wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:05:38AM +0200, Mario Lipinski wrote:
> >> Just picked from IRC:
> >>
> >> [03:17:46] <egonfreeman> Hello all. I wanted to ask about a problem I am
> >> having with adding a domain to the cacert.org system. Namely, it
> >> continuously reports inability to connect to my mail server. I checked
> >> the messages on my mail server, and it says cacert.org is blocked by
> >> DNSBL (Blackhole List). Any help?
> >> [03:19:02] <egonfreeman> (or, rather, sender 
> >> returns AT cacert.org
> >>  refused
> >> by the DNSBL relays.ordb.org)
> >> [03:19:54] <egonfreeman> If this is a block filter problem (eg. filter
> >> not updated any more), I am open to suggestions of new filters to use,
> >> if possible. Ideas? (feel free to leave me a message, I'll try to stick
> >> around as much as I can in the hope of an answer)
> > 
> > 
> > A look at http://rbls.org/213.154.225.228 ;(our MX email.cacert.org) shows 
> > no
> > blacklistings. I suspect that egonfreeman's DNSBL result was a false 
> > positive.
> 
> Same for http://rbls.org/213.154.225.245 ;(www.cacert.org, which can also
> send email). But note that the referenced relays.ordb.org is not mentioned
> in either list -- not surprising, since that service was shut down in 2006!
> (see http://www.dnsbl.com/2007/02/status-of-relaysordborg-dead.html).
> Someone must be confused here ...

ORDB is dead since 2006 as you said [1], maybe he setup some ancient version 
of
spamassassin or another tool with a pre-configured list of DNS blacklists.

[1] 
http://www.nowhere.dk/archives/2008/03/27/ordb_org_is_dead_and_gone/index.php



Regards
Jan

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