Re: rep.mailspike.net

Bill Cole <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2025-05-20 at 11:32:26 UTC-0400 (Tue, 20 May 2025 15:32:26 +0000)
Rupert Gallagher <[email protected]>
is rumored to have said:

> Hello, 
>
> Is rep.mailspike.net working for you?
>
> If I query 78.153.140.99 at https://mailspike.io/ip_verify I get 
> 127.0.0.11, however if I query using dig I get no answer at all, and 
> the name server itself does not exist.
>
>> dig +short -t A 99.140.153.78.rep.mailspike.net
> [no answer]

$ dig 99.140.153.78.rep.mailspike.net

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> 99.140.153.78.rep.mailspike.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 40483
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1



>> dig @1.1.1.1 +short -t A rep.mailspike.net
> [no answer]
>
>> dig @8.8.8.8 +short -t A rep.mailspike.net
> [no answer]

Using open resolvers to query DNSBLs is pointless.


>> dig @127.0.0.1 +short -t A rep.mailspike.net
> [no answer]

rep.mailspike.net is not even supposed to be a nameserver. I don't see 
why you think it should have an A record.

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