OT mail spam question

[David V. Corbin]

>>> I just moved my mail server to my internal office network.  
>>> The IP block I've been assigned apparently used to be used 
>>> for dynamic DSL users.  The problem is, at some point 
>>> someone used one or more of these IP addresses to send out 
>>> spam, enough so that my entire Class C block is blacklisted 
>>> in some database.
>>> 

Caveat Emptor....

>>> 
>>> How the *hell* do I track down what fuckwit is blacklisting 
>>> my address?
>>> 
>>> I appreciate the efforts people go through to thwart spam 
>>> but this blanket blocking bullshit really pisses me off.
>>> 

Alas, it it not uncommon. And many of the blacklists are shared, so even if
you get off one, you get re-blacklisted when another one reports. I had a
similar situation about 2 years ago, the only solution I found was to
threaten to sue the provider of the IP Block (in fact there was little or no
legal basis for a suit), but I did get a different block assigned [although
the first two alternated he offered both had some blacklisted IP's]


Good luck.