Re: [Note to Alan Cox]

From: Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2000 - 23:51:49 EST


On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, John Alvord wrote:

> I was trying to send you a note and the email was rejected because of
> an ORBS block. OK Fine... I can beat up my ISP or move or whatever.
> The email transcript included
>
> http://www.orbs.org/verify.php3?address=206.40.79.2
>
> and I used it to query the orbs database.
>
> The weird thing is that the browser screen is peppered with MYSQL
> errors. Down into the page it says
> >
> > Database Check - 206.40.79.2
> >
> >Warning: 0 is not a MySQL result index in /home/Orbs/verify.php3 on line 42
> >
> >Warning: 0 is not a MySQL result index in /home/Orbs/verify.php3 on line 62
> > 206.40.79.2 is not in the main automated open relay database
>
> which suggests that there is no problem.
>
> This situation has persisted for over 24 hours.
>
> I poked around on the web page, asking it to probe the above IP
> address. The result was another cascade of MYSQL errors.
>
> Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed? Should I beat up my ISP
> or what?

The ORBS web site appears to be hosed, however you can check their
database directly for your IP address. If your server's IP is 1.2.3.4, do
an nslookup on 4.3.2.1.relays.orbs.org. If you get no response, you're not
listed.

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