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Our system employs only the spamhaus zen rbl, which seems to be adequate for filtering our incoming email.  Thanks for the heads up though, I'll remember this if we get any calls about others receiving our outgoing email.

Stephen Bogdanski           
Network Services
College of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan State University


>>> John Evans <[log in to unmask]> 1/23/2009 11:56 AM >>>
Brian,
 
You are correct and I <thought> we had done so with our system,
however, I would not recommend using an RBL that may have gone zombie. 
It would be better to use an RBL that is active, and if a domain has
been included, the keepers of the RBL actually respond.  It is my
understanding that the spam.tqmcube.com "maintainers" are not
responding.
 
...John


>>> "Hoort, Brian" <[log in to unmask]> 1/23/2009 11:31 AM >>>

John:
 
I*m not an email admin, so don*t know what I*m talking about regarding
RBL lists.  But, is it possible to keep the RBL active but whitelist
*.msu.edu?  That might be a preferable option, if available.
 
Brian
 

From:MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of John Evans
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:23 AM
To: [log in to unmask] 
Subject: [MSUNAG] RBL Includes msu.edu

 

We just corrected a problem that we were having with our email system. 
We used the RBL spam.tqmcube.com to block unwanted spam systems.  This
has worked fine for a very long time.  Unfortunately, some (or all?)
msu.edu domains were being blocked because of spam.tqmcube.com.  We
simply dropped using this RBL.

 

You may want to review your RBLs to see if you use spam.tqmcube.com for
your system.  Also, if you are experiencing problems getting your email
to flow to non-msu domains, you might want to contact their admin to see
if they are using spam.tqmcube.com.