[juneau-lug] Re: Fwd: ORDB.org is shutting down
- From: Chris Ruschmann <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:17:15 -0900
Yeah, let the Open Relays begin again!
Just kidding.
I have used them for ages, it sad to see them go.
Regards,
Chris Ruschmann
On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 17:16 -0900, James Zuelow wrote:
> Just in case you were never on the ORDB mailing list.
>
> Note that this is a default RBL for many anti-spam daemons.
>
> James
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
>
> Subject: ORDB.org is shutting down
> Date: Wednesday 31 December 1969 13:59
> From: ORDB <ordb@xxxxxxxx>
> To: Announce <announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We regret to inform you that ORDB.org, at the ripe age of five and a
> half, is shutting down. It's been a case of a long goodbye as very
> little work has gone into maintaining ORDB for a while. Our volunteer
> staff has been pre-occupied with other aspects of their lives. In
> addition, the general consensus within the team is that open relay RBLs
> are no longer the most effective way of preventing spam from entering
> your network as spammers have changed tactics in recent years, as have
> the anti-spam community.
>
> We encourage system owners to remove ORDB checks from their mailers
> immediately and start investigating alternative methods of spam
> filtering. We recommend a combination involving greylisting and
> content-based analysis (such as the dspam project, bmf or Spam Assassin).
>
> DNS and the mailing lists will vanish today, December 18, 2006.
>
> The website will vanish by December 31, 2006.
>
> --
> The ORDB.org team
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis --
> -- File: ORDB.org is shutting down
>
> We regret to inform you that ORDB.org, at the ripe age of five and a
> half, is shutting down. It's been a case of a long goodbye as very
> little work has gone into maintaining ORDB for a while. Our volunteer
> staff has been pre-occupied with other aspects of their lives. In
> addition, the general consensus within the team is that open relay RBLs
> are no longer the most effective way of preventing spam from entering
> your network as spammers have changed tactics in recent years, as have
> the anti-spam community.
>
> We encourage system owners to remove ORDB checks from their mailers
> immediately and start investigating alternative methods of spam
> filtering. We recommend a combination involving greylisting and
> content-based analysis (such as the dspam project, bmf or Spam Assassin).
>
> DNS and the mailing lists will vanish today, December 18, 2006.
>
> The website will vanish by December 31, 2006.
>
> --
> The ORDB.org team
>
>
>
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