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Re: [computer-go] Asian software

Marco Scheurer wrote:

On Nov 11, 2004, at 1:27 AM, Peter Seibel wrote:


Nobuhiro Yoshimura <nobuhiroyoshimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
The following is the message I get from my mail server when I send a
mail to this ML.


<computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
66.80.68.86 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 554 Service unavailable; Client host [210.80.241.188] blocked using japan.blackholes.us; Japan blocked by japan.blackholes.us
Giving up on 66.80.68.86.

So 66.80.68.86 is hosting.midvalleyhosting.com. It is also the address
of mail.midvalleyhosting.com which is the MX record for
computer-go.org. So I think we know where the block is.


Looks like such an obnoxious spam filter!
For what I believe are legal reasons, blackholes.us does not list spammers, but merely documents which IP addresses are allocated to which countries and to which ISPs. There is a strong correlation between the countries and ISPs they track and the countries and ISPs reputed to be the sending source of spam.

http://www.blackholes.us/ says:

"Blackholes.us does not list spammers, spam supporters or vulnerable hosts at the present time. These lists are meant to contain all known networks assigned or allocated to the respective provider or organizations within the respective country. Lists are created for research purposes, primarily, and are made public for any use others see fit."

This suggests that 66.80.68.86 is not blocking spammers, but all *.jp addresses without discrimination, which certainly explains why Japanese subscribers are having difficulties contributing to this list. Presumably it is also blocking other countries listed on http://www.blackholes.us/

cheers
stuart
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