[KLUG Members] SPAM and no HAM

[members@kalamazoolinux.org]

Vernon Jenewein <jenefarm@i2k.com> wrote:
>Contacted i2k.com and they are looking into it.  Apparently someone must
>have sent out spam from their domain, and they are not happy about it.
>Probably will result in their account being shut down.

Shortly after your first post, Vernon, I checked with the Spamcop website,
and they reported that your mailserver is blocked. I informed you of this
via provate e-mail, and got a recipt from you (via acm.org, not directly)
that you had read that message. I suspect that you tried to reply to me 
directly, but YOUR MESSAGE WAS BLOCKED. The reson for this is that I am
using the SpamCop blacklist blocking database in my mail server configu-
ration, which will cause my mail server to REJECT anything that comes from
a blacklisted mail server.

The precise purpose of the blacklist is to use the force of a boycott, im-
plemented via technical means, to pressure an ISP (or other mail server
operator) to get their act cleaned up. I'm pleased to see that this process
is running along pretty much to plan. In a week, this mailserver will be
removed from the blacklist, unless SpamCop continues to get more spam reports
involving this mail server.

I encourage all mail server operators to use this feature.

							Regards,
							---> RGB <---