Re: 12.177.9.5

According to your site we were supposed to be removed anyway.  we have 
recently fixed the open relay problem and the test account.  now please 
remove our site from your list.


>From: Ian Gulliver <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: DSBL <[email protected]>
>To: David Cornett <[email protected]>
>CC: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [DSBL-Contact] 12.177.9.5
>Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 18:17:14 -0400
>
> > Why are you not removing us from your blacklist?  we have gone through 
>your
> > removal steps twice and have still not been removed.  we are an 
>accounting
> > company that relies heavily on email.  If you want to host a site of 
>this
> > nature you need to be a little more readily available to people who 
>follow
> > your "STEPS" and your site fails to do what it claims.  If you could 
>please
> > send me a Phone number to get in contact with you to see what we must do 
>to
> > get off your list that would be much appreciated.  I understand the
> > usefullness of blacklists but you need to be a little more careful about
> > who gets blacklisted.  I am not going to go through your process again 
>over
> > the web so make sure I get the phone number.
>
>DSBL provides support via email only to maintain public accountability
>of all conversations.
>
>Your removal attempts have failed because you still haven't fixed the
>original problems that got you listed:
>
>* You have a wide-open SMTP relay.  It relays even without complicated
>   spammer relay tricks.
>
>* You support SMTP authentication and have a user "test" with a password
>   "test".  Spammers can and do exploit such common open accounts.
>
>Please note that while the former issue is common and easily fixable,
>the latter has possibly (probably?) compromised your whole machine by this
>time.  You should reinstall, making sure that these problems are fixed
>before putting the machine back on the public Internet.  Only when
>you're sure that your system is secure, use the removal system to remove
>your host from DSBL.
>
>--
>Ian Gulliver
>Penguin Hosting
>"Failure is not an option; it comes bundled with your Microsoft products."


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