BT E-Mails Blocked By DSBL Blacklist
Posted: 06th Jun, 2003 By: MarkJ
The Distributed Server Boycott List has blocked e-mails being sent from BT (BTOpenworld etc.) customers because of claims that their servers are "dangerously misconfigured, insecure or abuseable.":
The problem occurs whenever somebody attempts to email a server which references the DSBL blacklist in its anti-spam configuration.
Kevin Fiske, one BT customer who experienced the annoyance of the blacklisting first-hand, found he was unable to email a variety of servers from any address within his company.
A spokesman for BT Openworld today confirmed the problem. "This has resulted in BT Connect's servers currently being blocked by the DSBL blacklists. We do not believe there are any problems with the configuration of the BT Connect mail servers as shown by the fact that they have not been included on any other blacklists. This seems to be a unilateral stance taken by DSBL and we are liaising with DSBL and the ISPs that utilise their blacklist in an attempt to resolve the issue to minimise inconvenience to customers."
So why THIS from a few weeks back? Never the less, server-side blacklists do get things wrong and often go too far, they're not an effective solution. More @ ZDNet.
The problem occurs whenever somebody attempts to email a server which references the DSBL blacklist in its anti-spam configuration.
Kevin Fiske, one BT customer who experienced the annoyance of the blacklisting first-hand, found he was unable to email a variety of servers from any address within his company.
A spokesman for BT Openworld today confirmed the problem. "This has resulted in BT Connect's servers currently being blocked by the DSBL blacklists. We do not believe there are any problems with the configuration of the BT Connect mail servers as shown by the fact that they have not been included on any other blacklists. This seems to be a unilateral stance taken by DSBL and we are liaising with DSBL and the ISPs that utilise their blacklist in an attempt to resolve the issue to minimise inconvenience to customers."
So why THIS from a few weeks back? Never the less, server-side blacklists do get things wrong and often go too far, they're not an effective solution. More @ ZDNet.
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