Comments on: Non content based antispam sucks http://eric.van-der-vlist.com/blog/2005/12/07/1696_non_content_based_antispam_sucks/ XML, apiculture et prĂ©-vergers Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Eric van der Vlist http://eric.van-der-vlist.com/blog/2005/12/07/1696_non_content_based_antispam_sucks/#comment-42 Eric van der Vlist Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://eric.van-der-vlist.com/blog/?p=47#comment-42 A couple of updates... I am still trying to get through sorbs.net support to get this host delisted. That's not done yet, but the last message I have received from them seems to be positive! I have noticed, looking at bounced messages received by my mailing list manager that Sorbs has now blacklisted one of the SMTP servers (smtp2-g19.free.fr) of Free.fr. Free.fr is one of the leading ADSL providers in France, with millions of subscribers. Blacklisting their SMTP servers just means millions of false negatives! Yet another reason to avoid like plague non content based antispam... A couple of updates…

I am still trying to get through sorbs.net support to get this host delisted. That’s not done yet, but the last message I have received from them seems to be positive!

I have noticed, looking at bounced messages received by my mailing list manager that Sorbs has now blacklisted one of the SMTP servers (smtp2-g19.free.fr) of Free.fr.

Free.fr is one of the leading ADSL providers in France, with millions of subscribers. Blacklisting their SMTP servers just means millions of false negatives!

Yet another reason to avoid like plague non content based antispam…

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