Re: 12.177.9.5

On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 12:57 +0000, David Cornett wrote:
> 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.
> 


Hi,

According to the site you're listed.
The last removal request was canceled because your relay was still open.
You'll be able to use http://dsbl.org/removalquery after 2005/Sep/13
14:16:30 UTC

Regards
Jean-Eudes


> 
> >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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