Comments on: SORBS – The Internet police no-one appointed http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/12/16/sorbs-the-internet-police-no-one-asked-for/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:12:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: David Hurst http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/12/16/sorbs-the-internet-police-no-one-asked-for/#comment-1856 David Hurst Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:53:14 +0000 http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/12/16/sorbs-the-internet-police-no-one-asked-for/#comment-1856 That's the geniuses behind SORBS. They believe that no legitimate mail server would ever work on a dynamic IP address. Ignorant tossers! What about all the small businesses that have ADSL with dynamically assigned IP and a Windows Small Business Server? These guys don't need a static IP because they are usually only sending mail direct from the server, and use the POP connector to collect mail. And, as you correctly point out, SORBS are notorious for incorrectly identifying static IP blocks as dynamic. Do they accept their error and remove the addresses? No. Most ISPs I deal with no longer use SORBS at all. That’s the geniuses behind SORBS. They believe that no legitimate mail server would ever work on a dynamic IP address.

Ignorant tossers!

What about all the small businesses that have ADSL with dynamically assigned IP and a Windows Small Business Server? These guys don’t need a static IP because they are usually only sending mail direct from the server, and use the POP connector to collect mail.

And, as you correctly point out, SORBS are notorious for incorrectly identifying static IP blocks as dynamic. Do they accept their error and remove the addresses? No.

Most ISPs I deal with no longer use SORBS at all.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/12/16/sorbs-the-internet-police-no-one-asked-for/#comment-1855 Jeremy Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:05:45 +0000 http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/12/16/sorbs-the-internet-police-no-one-asked-for/#comment-1855 Couldn't agree more. Just got a number of complaints from users who have been getting bounced emails because SORBS incorrectly flagged my whole netblock as dynamic over the weekend. This happened last year as well. Unbelievable. Couldn’t agree more. Just got a number of complaints from users who have been getting bounced emails because SORBS incorrectly flagged my whole netblock as dynamic over the weekend. This happened last year as well. Unbelievable.

]]> By: KrisBelucci http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/12/16/sorbs-the-internet-police-no-one-asked-for/#comment-1854 KrisBelucci Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:44:15 +0000 http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/12/16/sorbs-the-internet-police-no-one-asked-for/#comment-1854 Hi, good post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for posting. Hi, good post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for posting.

]]> By: Frederick Thomson http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/12/16/sorbs-the-internet-police-no-one-asked-for/#comment-1853 Frederick Thomson Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:45:22 +0000 http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2008/12/16/sorbs-the-internet-police-no-one-asked-for/#comment-1853 I agree. They are arrogant twits. I too have been blacklisted because my web/mail server is commercially hosted and has been deemed by SORBS to be a spam server. Draconian, fascist, twits. I agree. They are arrogant twits. I too have been blacklisted because my web/mail server is
commercially hosted and has been deemed by SORBS to be a spam server.
Draconian, fascist, twits.

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