Does Spamcop test open relays?
No. Spamcop relies on NJABL, ORDB, and others to test and list open relays, and relies on their listings. According to a Spamcop deputy, ORDB had 206.124.29.22 in its database at the time that Spamcop received the spam complaints. Can this be proven? No, since ORDB does not provide information on historic but closed listings. However, NJABL says that 206.124.29.1 was an open relay, so there is at least some evidence that NYX has been guilty of careless server configuration in the past. Darlene persists in accusing Spamcop of this, but to date has failed to provide any proof that Spamcop failed to check ORDB, or that ORDB did not have 206.124.29.22 listed on the date in question.
