Heads-up: AT&T apparently going to whitelist-only inbound mail

Tue Oct 21 21:37:31 UTC 2003

This is apparently already in place, as it explains why all of my AT&T 
emails bounced
today.

I guess it they don't want any _new_ customers.

On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 05:24 PM, Jeff Wasilko wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:21:50 UT
> Subject: *** ACTION: IP Address of Outbound SMTP Server Requested 
> (Updated 10/21/03)
> From: rm-antiattspam at ems.att.com
>
> AT&T Business Partners & Customers
>
> AT&T has received many of the requested IP addresses in response to an
> e-mail originally broadcast yesterday to our business partners and
> clients.  However, we have also received many concerned responses to
> the original request.
>
> This 2nd e-mail is to let you know that this is a legitimate AT&T
> request asking for your cooperation, which will let us improve the
> service that AT&T offers you and that our partnership requires.   We
> have provided a toll-free number below to help you confirm the
> legitimacy of this request.
>
> We have assembled the distribution list for this e-mail by looking up
> the administrative contacts for each of the known e-mail domains we
> currently exchange e-mail with, referencing WHOIS and other such
> services available via the Internet.
>
> What AT&T is asking is for you to help AT&T to restrict incoming mail
> to just our known and trusted sources (e.g., business partners, clients
> and customers).  Therefore, we need to know which IP address(es) are
> used by your outbound e-mail service so we can selectively permit them.
>  Please send this information to the following e-mail address
> (rm-antiattspam at ems.att.com).
>
> If you need assistance determining what these IP addresses are, please
> contact your company's administrative e-mail server support / network
> administration personnel.   We regret that AT&T is burdening you with
> this request, but our AT&T security team is advising that we take this
> step to help safeguard our e-mail systems, which ultimately will help
> us serve you better.
>
> Please contact us with any concerns or questions:
> AT&T Security Help Desk 1-800-456-4230, prompt 4 (8am - 10pm est)
>
> Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.  We appreciate your
> cooperation.
>
> Sincerely,
> Brian Williams, IP Network Services
> Tim Scholl - District Manager, IP Network Services
> Kevin O'Connell - Division Manager, Information Technology Services
> Engineering
> Bill O'Hern - Division Manager, Network Security
>
>
> ----- Original Message (Sent Monday, 10/20/03) -----
> AT&T has an urgent situation with our anti-spam list. In order to
> continue to allow email to AT&T you need to provide the IP addresses of
> all your outbound email gateways. If you do not respond immediately,
> your access may not continue. The required information should be sent
> to rm-antiattspam at ems.att.com.
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>

                                  Regards
                                  Marshall Eubanks

T.M. Eubanks
e-mail : marshall.eubanks at telesuite.com
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