<p>I configure all my mail servers (including GRLUG's) to use SORBS and must admit our mail server at work got blacklisted once due to a workstation getting infected for a few hours.</p>
<p>I followed their free simple steps and we were delisted by next day. It is true they are a bit overzealous in their blacklisting, but in my experience not extortionists or difficult to use.</p>
<p>I do check other services as well so I suppose I could stop using them. Consider this an early Christmas. :-)</p>
<p>G-<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 28, 2011 10:17 PM, "John-Thomas Richards" <<a href="mailto:jtr@jrichards.org">jtr@jrichards.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:05:52PM -0400, Dave Brondsema wrote:<br>
>> On 07/28/2011 09:03 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote:<br>>> > We should not be using SORBS on our list. This is what my provider<br>>> > said, <br>>> > <br>>> > "Dear Customer,<br>
>> > <br>>> > Unfortunately there is nothing we can do as we do not do business with<br>>> > SORBS.<br>>> > SORBS are an extortion racket that randomly blacklists hosting companies<br>>> > in<br>
>> > order to get them to pay money to remove them off of their black list. <br>>> > <br>>> > Thank you,<br>>> > John"<br>>> > <br>>> > <br>>> I don't know about SORBS' practices, but I got blocked by SORBS when<br>
>> posting to this list a while ago too. I was using my standard Comcast<br>>> outgoing mail server. I had another mail server at my disposal, so I<br>>> switched to use that. So I'd recommend dropping SORBS also<br>
> <br>> I occasionally get a post rejected due to my Dreamhost server being<br>> "blacklisted" though the very next message may well get through. It's<br>> odd.<br>> -- <br>> john-thomas<br>
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