[SpamCop-List] Re: RFC Required Addresses and Spam Blocking

[John McLusky]

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> What's the current wisdom w.r.t. the RFC required addresses and the
> use of DNSBL's to block the spam to them.  These addresses get
> hammered fairly well with blockable spam.  Do we really need to
> accept email from spammer sites?  Which trumps, RFC requirements, or
> spam blocking?

Personally, I'd prefer that there wasn't any blocking done on RFC-required
addresses at all.

However, I can understand why you'd want to, and even rfc-ignorant.org won't
list a host that blocks based on a DNSBL as long as the reason is given
(http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/policy-postmaster.php).

I'd say go for it, but make the reason clear, including the IP blocked and
the list used to do the blocking.

John.