Hi Tom,

Sorry for sending this email through a public list. As you can, I think, 
understand, I am not able to send you mail directly.

Whenever I try to send you mail directly, I get a bounce like so:

>The original message was received at Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:41:59 +0200
>from line102-130.adsl.actcom.co.il [192.117.102.130]
>
>   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
><tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
>    (reason: 550 5.0.0 Go away, spammer)
>
>   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>... while talking to sss.pgh.pa.us.:
>  
>
>>>>>>> MAIL From:<psql@shemesh.biz>
>>>>        
>>>>
><<< 550 5.0.0 Go away, spammer
>554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
>  
>
>  
>
Now, I know that certain black holes black list certain addresses. I can 
even accept that somewhere, sometimes, someone sent spam through some 
server I'm currently using. As things stand, however, it is impossible 
for me to do anything about it. For me to be able to do something about 
it, I need at least the following details (and common sense dictates 
that they should be in the bounce I got):
1. What IP is black listed?
2. What spam blocking service is black listinging this IP?

I would appretiate it if you could help me out with this, or at least 
forward this request to your mail admin.

Many thanks,
             Shachar

-- 
Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Systems Consulting
http://www.lingnu.com/



Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:48:12 +0200
Shachar Shemesh <psql@shemesh.biz>
Tom lane - your email server is broken
Shachar Shemesh <psql@shemesh.biz> writes:
> 1. What IP is black listed?

actcom.net.il's mail forwarders.

> 2. What spam blocking service is black listinging this IP?

Me personally.  I instituted that block about 9 months ago after
deciding that abuse@actcom.net.il was an alias for /dev/null; they
certainly did nothing about the repeated spam complaints I sent them.

[ checks mail logs ... ]  No, I don't think I want to unblock them
just yet; it doesn't look like the spam level has abated materially.
Perhaps you should find a less spam-friendly ISP.

			regards, tom lane

Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:15:20 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: Tom lane - your email server is broken 