[dba-Tech] Use of Blacklists on mail servers

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Feb 14 09:16:31 CST 2008


Where did you get a price? 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Erwin Craps - IT
Helps
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:54 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Use of Blacklists on mail servers

Well, if this blacklisting doesn't work out for me, I know where to go
:-)
The price seems reasonable.



-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:21 PM
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Use of Blacklists on mail servers

Hi Erwin

I don't really think so. Spammers need just to use - or distribute to the
bots - an engine that acts as a true sending SMTP server. However, to make
that work, a connection for delivery of one spam will consume many minutes
contrary to the split second it takes for a bot to deliver to an unprotected
mail server. And time is money; it just wouldn't be cost effective for the
pro spammer.

/gustav


>>> Erwin.Craps at ithelps.eu 14-02-2008 15:06 >>>
Problem again is as always, that as soon as this kind of technology get
widespread, the spammers will adjust their software accordantly and where
back to square one.
So you better not tell this to everyone :-)



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