[TriLUG] Spamhaus PBL'd...

[Brian Henning]

Hi Gang,

I got the following response to a message I tried to send to TriLUG a
little while ago:

<trilug at trilug.org>: host mail.trilug.org[64.244.27.136] said: 554 5.7.1
    Service unavailable; Client host [71.65.244.21] blocked using
    zen.spamhaus.org; http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=71.65.244.21
(in
    reply to RCPT TO command)

This is due to a Policy Block List (PBL) in which Time Warner Cable
voluntarily participates, which includes my IP (71.64.0.0/13):
http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/query/PBL238358

Since it's usually understood that things like PBLs should be taken as
hints (right?), why is mail.trilug.org refusing mail from my server
based on that criterion?

Especially TriLUG, since how many of us might want to run our own mail
servers (but have a residential ISP service), and since the community
would generally encourage such a thing?

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?!?!?!

Just kidding on the angst bit, but it would be cool if my mail would go
through. :-)

Cheers,
~Brian



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Brian A. Henning
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