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Ask Al: What of the MAPS RBL?

Jerry writes, "I have a question about spam of all things. I'm on the client side now at company X and I am talking with their email group about opt-in permission. I'm learning they're not exactly worried about the opt in status of the customers getting their promotional emails. I remember from back in the day that the MAPS RBL was the main group going after people who didn&…
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MAPS/Trend Micro Spamtrap Issues?

Over on the Word to the Wise blog, Steve Atkins reports on something very alarming : That Trend Micro's MAPS blocking lists seem to be playing silly buggers with spamtraps. Specifically, that while their stated requirements for list management best practices has always mand…

Is there a war on small mail servers?

A few days ago, a Slashdot user asked , “ Is there a war on small mail servers? ” The admin went on to state that he or she works for a company hosting their own mail server. Their two ISPs (Comcast and Verizon) both block port 25 outbound, and they’re complaining of getting ca…

MAPS: A bit of ancient history

Check out this very old presentation about the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) , from October, 2000. I had already left MAPS at that point, but apparently, my personal brand was strong enough to leave my name in the presentation, as it indicates that RSS was created by me. …

MAPS Blacklisted? It's True!

If this isn't proof that it can happen to anyone, I don't know what is: Apparently MAPS has a compromised computer, found to be sending spam, and that IP address is now blacklisted. A recent post to the SPAM-L discussion list tipped me off. Someone there noted hits i…

MAPS

As you probably know, I used to be associated with the Mail Abuse Prevention System, the well-known anti-spam blacklist group. Though I continue to fully support a network owner's right to block email from whomever they please, I no longer have faith in MAPS' goals or…

Ramblings about MAPS and the RBL

I used to work for the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS). They maintain, among other things, the Realtime Blackhole List (RBL). The MAPS RBL is a list of Internet sites. On this list are sites that have sent spam, assisted people who sent spam, benefited from spam, or due t…