SORBS sucks!
23 01 2004For the past couple of weeks I’ve been using the SORBS DNS blacklist on my mail server, to replace some of the blacklists which have gone out of service recently. I found out today that using that blacklist has blocked a fair few legitimate emails (including messages from Amazon and Play USA
Examining their site a bit closer, it looks like they’ll only remove some entries if they receive a donation of $50, which seems a bit extreme to me. I found that they have also listed the ISP I used to work for and Freeserve
So I won’t be using that list again. Sorry if anyone sent me mail which got bounced.
you actually signed up for sorbs? i’ve just been blacklisted by them - despite the IP address they’re blacklisting is not mine - for an email which was apparently sent by not me, two hours after the last email i sent or received that day.
and from what i’ve read about them in the last two hours, this is something they do very happily. i’m all for charities, but only the ones i support, thank you very much!
I didn’t sign up as such, just used their blacklist on my mail server. But as you found, there’s all sorts of stuff listed which probably shouldn’t be any more. And asking for payment to remove could be considered blackmail by some people.
There are quite a few other (better) blacklists out there so I’ve switched to using those instead.
Yes I’ve been blocked by that stupid SORBS.
My crime, my ISP uses Dynamic IP’s. So SORBS has used Dynablock on me! Some one should send them a package in the mail!
Out of the clear blue this morning, my email to the president of an association of which I am the Treasurer (and email to her ISP) is blocked. The long technical explanations SORBS gives on their site baffles non-tech me.
The new liberal Air America Radio has apparently signed up with the full SORBS service. I tried to send an e-mail to them and because I have a comcast cable modem, I am shut out as a spammer, because once upon a time a comcast e-mail server was improperly configured, according to SORBS. SORBS is a brilliant idea - if you’re smoking crack.
I recently started using SORBS.net to block spam and no legitimate eMail is getting blocked for me.
My spam levels, however, have been reduced drastically — instead of getting more than 150 spams a day I now get less than 20.
I think SORBS.net is great, and all you crybabies need to whine to your ISPs to clean up their act and get de-listed (or find a better ISP). Oh, and by the way, SORBS.net doesn’t charge money to de-list someone, so my guess is that you are a spammer trying to discredit blacklists.
“Delisting if the netblock is expanded, delisting is only performed when the spammer is nolonger using the address space, in which case the netblock will be reduced down to the affected IPs free of charge. The effected IPs (the ones used to send the spam) will only be delisted when US$50 is donated to a SORBS nominated charity or good cause. The charities and good causes SORBS approves will not have any connection with any member of the SORBS administrators either past or present.”
That’s from http://www.dnsbl.nl.sorbs.net/Overview.html .
I doubt any of the above posters are spammers. Unlike you, Randolf, they used their email addresses when posting (I still know you’re using Shaw High-Speed Internet though). I’m sure you’re in no way connected with SORBS, and I’m glad you’re happy with their service. I just hope you don’t miss anything important because of their over-zealous listing policy.
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Randolf,
get your head out of your ass, SORBS suck and that\’s the end of it.
Yup, stay away from SORBS unless you like pissed off customers. :)
Randolf,
You’re a stupid idiot. Take 2 minutes and read their policy on their website. Sorbs
is in the business to make money for themselves and use obsolete techniques(spamtraps) to “determine” who is a “spammer”. I will be boycotting
Sorbus and encourage anyone else to do the same.
Also see:
http://www.natesimpson.com/blog/archives/2004/10/07/sorbs-sucks/
http://www.lazyllama.com/blog/archives/2004/01/23/sorbs-sucks
http://www.classy.dk/log/archive/001850.html
http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/archives/000703.html
or
http://www.google.com/search?q=sorbs+sucks&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
I looked into SORBs, after 3 weeks i gave up, its complete rubbish compared to other RBLs. If you want more spam and errors. Use SORBS it sucks.
Its 2008 and SORBS still sucks!
How does an honest business get off their list?