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Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:36:30 +1000
From: Dave Walmsley
To: Oz-ISP
Message-Id: <052c01c56e4f$e7228c80$664ca8c0@D3TJQ71S>
References: <200506110137.j5B1b3EI030170@mailout2.pacific.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] Helo Pacific
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Sorry, will reply privately.

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Luyer" <d a v i d @ l u y e r . n e t
To: "'Dave Walmsley'" <d a v e @ h u n t e r l i n k . n e t . a u "Oz-ISP"
<a u s s i e - i s p @ a u s s i e . n e t
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 11:36 AM
Subject: RE: [Oz-ISP] Helo Pacific


>> Hello Anyone at Pacific Internet (David L?)..
>
> Yes, I'm still here ... you could have emailed me directly,
> as I don't read much on mailing lists anymore.
>
>> WHY would your Mail scanner accept obviously forged email?
>>
>> Received: from hunterlink.net.au (62-90-163-109.barak.net.il
>> [62.90.163.109])
>> by mailin2.pacific.net.au (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-1) with ESMTP id
>> j5AITlZr003570
>>
>> From: s u p p o r t @ h u n t e r l i n k . n e t . a u
>
> For that part - very few mail servers enforce good data in the
> HELO/EHLO hostnames - is anyone here doing any kind of check
> on the HELO/EHLO hostnames?
>
> As to the 'from' addresses, i n f o @ { p i - d o m a i n s and some other similar
> addresses we never use are blocked as 'from' addresses via some
> sendmail.cf rules, but support@ is not on that list at this point - I'll
> discuss it with others here next week.
>
>> and say
>>
>> X-PacNet-AU-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted),
>
> Because that from address was whitelisted, I believe it is no longer
> used and can be un-whitelisted (and in fact fully blocked), but again
> I'll have to consult with people during the working week.
>
> Now, Dave -- WHY would you reveal one of our whitelist entries on an
> open mailing list, which will archive the address on the web, and only
> result in more spam using it as a 'from' address?
>
> David.
>
>
>
> --
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>
>



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