Re: disable spamhaus request

Bill Cole <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2025-04-18 at 11:00:42 UTC-0400 (Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:00:42 -0400)
pgnd <[email protected]>
is rumored to have said:

>> whether Spamhaus actively looks for open resolvers to block.
>
> fyi,
>
> https://check.spamhaus.org/returnc/pub#want-more-technical-details-

That doesn't really answer whether they are actively *looking for* open resolvers or if they are simply looking at high-volume resolvers and then determining them to be open (which is a trivial test.) In other words, it MAY be possible for people to use small open resolvers that no one is aware of being open and therefore do not generate significant traffic.

OTOH, they COULD be trying a resolution of their own data through every resolver that contacts them. That would tell them whether the resolver is open, which could trigger a block.

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Bill Cole
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