Archive for the ‘shutting’ Category

• Yikes, shocking SORBS announcement and alternatives to SORBS

  Date: 2009.06.22 | Category: closing, game over, open source, postfix, shutting, SORBS alternatives, spam filtering, spamassassin | Response: 0

  Due to this announcement:

  “It comes with great sadness that I have to announce the imminent closure of SORBS. The University of Queensland have decided not to honor their agreement with myself and SORBS and terminate the hosting contract. “
  – Source http://www.us.sorbs.net/ – 23 June 2009
  The whole spamassassin/postfix open source mail filtering community is in a bit of a flap and has been left staggered and slightly bewildered that such a fundamental part of the fight against spam is being dropped.
  This has led to the question of what is next? what is an alternative if SORBS doesn’t find a new home.
  Here are some alternatives that you may wish to consider:
  http://www.dnsbl.org/ex.dnsbl.php3
  http://www.spamhaus.org/dnsbl_function.html