Comments on: SORBS sucks!

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By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:24:03 +0000

It’s August 20, 2010 and I just got blacklisted by SORBS. I never even heard of them until my email got rejected and it said I’ve been blacklisted. I’m just an individual and I’m unemployed and I was trying to contact an employer thru email. How can something like this exist? I’m shocked that something like this can even happen. Someone in the government needs to step in and shut these jerks down. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: tester

tester — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:09:20 +0000

There are clearly extortionists. Plain and simple…

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:04:31 +0000

I used SORBS for two months as a RBL and it was painfull. My servers were working their a**es off scanning and dumping mail and nothing was getting through. There are many misconfigured email systems out there such as howardhanna.com (don’t do a header check on them) and many others. These folks need to tighten things up, but SORBS is out to get everyone that thinks of spam. I bet if I opened a can of Spam my mail servers would be blocked.

I was also listed in dynamic IP space and had a static block allocated to be via AT&T. Everything was fine for years until SORBS changed the rules and started blocking everything they felt didn’t look right. They are trying to be a regulatory entity but they want to work alone and play by their own rules that can change at any time. This type of dictatorship doesn’t work, hasn’t worked and will never work.

The best we all can do is use legit RBL services, make sure our mail servers are configured to a reasonable standard and stay away from the disgusting practices employed by SORBS.

Even if you try to be nice and work with them they come down on you like you wrote the virus that is sending millions of SPAM around the world. If they actually took measures to address the source of the problem I think they would be doing a good thing, however the choose to address the symptoms and not the root cause. Why should I donate $50 on behalf of a spammer, virus author, or someone who forged headers to look like they came from my mail system. They can’t prove anything to warrant demanding donations for de-listing. They need a serious lession in ethics and then they need to go away.

Obviously I don’t use SORBS and I completely openly recommend others do not use SORBS.

SORBS is not good people. Not good people at all.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:52:07 +0000

To quote Joey at SORBS on 11/29/2008

I wrote:
“Your business practices are defeating your purpose. I am an ISP look it up on ARIN’s web site. Scan my servers, I am not paying your fine just so you can find some other SPAM that slipped through and fine me again. This is not a realistic practice.”

Joey Western at SORBS wrote the following in two separate emails blaming me for sending SPAM. My servers conform and have conformed to the latest popular configurations including SPF. I use DNSStuff.com to maintain a check on DNS and my email system. Keep in mind I opened a ticked asking for help with de-listing and stating that I thought the $50 find to donain was unethical and poor business practice. You can’t force people to donate money, what is the other word for that? It starts with a B….

“These are the 2 headers from the spam you sent us that we are obviously to blame for right ? How about taking responsibility for your own problems and quite blaming SORBS the recipients of your rubbish .”

“SORBS does not have business practices , SORBS is not a Business it is a free service operated by volunteers. Our purpose is not self defeating”

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:51:47 +0000

Its 2008 and SORBS still sucks!
How does an honest business get off their list?

By: Randolf

Randolf — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:16:15 +0000

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.