Does EmailReg.org improve deliverability?

[ergophobe]

It's only $20/year, but does it actually do anything?

http://www.emailreg.org/index.cgi
http://www.emailreg.org/index.cgi?p=policy

Recommended on the Barracuda site
http://www.barracudacentral.org/reputation

[JasonD]

http://joystickjunkie.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/emailregorg-is-scam.html

Its the same company and being added to the email reg org list doesn't deliver removal from the Barracuda list - http://www.emailreg.org/index.cgi?p=news&id=4

[ergophobe]

Thanks!

I suspected they were the same, but didn't know about the reputation. I usually do a "scam" and a "sucks" search before asking, but gave them a pass since their ads are plastered all over airports and public radio (Barracuda Central is the RBL updates service maintained by Barracuda firewalls and such - at least Barracuda firewalls are set to update via updates.barracuda.com).

Since they charge close to $100,000 for the email spam firewall unit ($90K for the Barracuda Spam Firewall 1000) and over $30,000 per year for updates... I wouldn't have thought that $20/domain would be worth it to them.

Another complaint...
http://steve.heyvan.com/2008/11/06/barracudacentral-another-blacklist-black-hole/

[ergophobe]

PS...

pricing on email spam firewalls - https://www.barracuda.com/purchase/index

relation to Barracuda Central - https://techlib.barracuda.com/display/cp/barracuda+central+operations+center

[JasonD]

The RBLs that's matter.

http://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx

[ergophobe]

Thanks again. I use MXtoolbox a fair bit to test setups, but never noticed their RBL list