Re: [SLUG] mail blocking

[John McQuillen <jandbmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 13:30, David Fitch wrote:
> > On 11 Jun 2002, John McQuillen wrote:
> > > It appears, however, that Telstra does not (yet) do this for their ADSL
> > > users, nor does their dial-up address range appear in the DUL, as my
> > > mail server seems to work just fine sending directly...
> 
> yes I was just reading on the SPEWS website (I think it was) last night 
> that telstra haven't submitted their adsl IP ranges for the dialup
> block lists.  The comment (from SPEWS) was along the lines of "oh well
> all their IPs will be RBL'd soon enough when a spammer finds some luser 
> with an open relay".

It appears that Telstra are being proactive in this regard:

Jun 20 14:50:25 aethelstan postfix/smtpd[2065]: reject: RCPT from
CTPP-p-144-134-149-105.prem.tmns.net.au[144.134.149.105]: 554
<relaytest1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: Recipient address rejected: Relay access
denied; from=<relaytest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
to=<relaytest1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

John...