Re: SpamCop Issues - Just Curious

Mike Easter wrote:
> 
> User wrote:
> 
> >>>   xxx.xxx.xxx is an "open relay"
> >
> >
> > Dummy me !!!!
> >
> > The message in the report is:
> >
> > xxx.xxx.xxx. is an "open proxy", not "relay".
> 
> Now that makes sense.  The vast majority of spams are being injected by
> proxified trojan user IPs which are very often listed, most often in CBL
> which gets them into XBL of spamhaus.
[...]

BTDTGML[1], due to a misconfigured router, which allowed anyone to use
its winsock proxy, not just local IPs.  It took me a while to figure out
why all those outgoing SMTP connections were appearing in the status
window.

Of course, when you come here for help, with the "I screwed up, how do I
unscrew it?" attitude (as opposed to the "how dare you call me a spammer"
attitude), people here are more than happy to help you fix it.  It still
amazes me how many people come here with the "how dare you" attitude, and
refuse to help others help them fix their problem, and simply want to get
SpamCop to stop listing them.


[1] "BTDT Got Myself Listed".

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