[SpamCop-List] Re: Adelphia Mail Server 64.8.50.85 Is not now an open relay

[Robert Blair]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:13:33 UTC, John Phillips <nobody> 
wrote:

> My question still though is that the SC parser clearly refers the IP
> for open relay testing. If it does this testing or if the referalls
> are to ordb the it should have been either removed from the list
> and/or not flagged as an open relay by SC. I soon as I requested a
> test by ordb and it was negative, it was delisted.

Here is what I have noticed looking at the output of a parse of the 
spam I submit to Spamcop.

Spamcop does not send the IP to be tested every time it processes it 
as it would cause too much overhead for both Spamcop and the relay 
tester.  If it is listed as an open relay it will not sent it to be 
tested again.  If it is not listed as an open relay but has been sent 
to be tested it does not send it again.  The only time it will be sent
to be tested is the first time it processes an IP that appears to have
relayed the message.


-- 
Robert Blair