[KLUG Members] SpamCop Down?

[Bruce Smith]

> > > [awilliam@estate2 awilliam]$ host bl.spamcop.net
> > > Host bl.spamcop.net not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
> > > [awilliam@estate2 awilliam]$
> > > Where did spamcop go?
> > I can't get to the web site or report any new spam but the service does seem to still work:
> > Oct 31 21:31:35 mail sendmail[29958]: hA12VTF29958: ruleset=check_relay, arg1=adsl-67-65-189-241.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net, arg2=67.65.189.241, relay=adsl-67-65-189-241.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net [67.65.189.241], reject=553 5.3.0 Spam blocked see:http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml? 67.65.189.241
> 
> Earlier all verifications against spamcop resulted in a temporary
> failure and were deferred.  I'll switch it on again and see what
> happens,  maybe they just had a brown out.

Their web site is working for me now.

As I said before, bl.spamcop.net doesn't have "A" records, and AFAIK
never has.  That threw me in the past too, until I figured it out.

 - BS