Re: Why MTA-level black listing bites [Fwd: NOTICE: mail delivery status.]

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>]

In message <200301271558.HAA07253@windsor.research.att.com>, Bill Fenner writes
:
>
>Steve,
>
>  You can ask help@ to put you on a list of usernames that bypass SPEWS
>and all the other dubious checks.  I tried to argue that nobody's email
>should be subject to such aggressive checks but it's hard to argue with
>"but it has cut down spam complaints 72%".
>
Right now, they haven't responded to my last several 'help' messages.  
I think they're too busy cleansing and patching MS-SQL servers -- 
including one of their own...


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
		http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)