** Private ** wrote: > > APEWS has glommed onto the way blacklists work, which is as trusted sources > to block spam.
You are redefining DNS RBLs into something they are not. There are quite literally dozens of different DNS RBLs and all of them are different. There are indeed DNS RBLs that simply list IP addresses from which the operators have received actual spam and which auto-expire listings (for example the CBL: http://cbl.abuseat.org). They *reactively* list IP addresses and they generally behave the way you apparently expect all DNS RBLs to behave. However, there is an even larger number of DNS RBLs that list IP addresses for entirely different reasons. There are the DNS RBLs that will list an IP address simply for being assigned to a certain country. (kr.rbl.cluecentral.net will list Korea, cn.rbl.cluecentral.net will list China etc. etc.) There are DNS RBLs that will list an IP address simply for being in use for dial up (dialups.mail-abuse.org) or for DSL. There are RBLs for filtering the IP addresses of certain ISPs (as.cluecentral.net). There are RBLs that track IP assignments to certain individuals (that usually have several outstanding warrants) and list those assignments (SBL). There are DNS RBLs that list IP addresses of mailservers that are not configured according to certain standards (rfc-ignorant). And then there is apews that, just like spews previously, lists the IP space assigned to certain individuals and the IP space of ISPs that do not respond to spam complaints and / or host certain individuals. > APEWS is abusing that trusted relationship to block very > large segments of the Internet in an attempt to coerce the users on those > networks to switch operators, and thereby coerce the operators themselves to > implement better control over spam coming from their networks. Why is it > abuse? Because they are going far beyond the boundaries of what a spam > blacklist is meant to do. They are engaging in a political fight using the > tools of economic warfare to try to push their agenda. So essentially you redefine apews to be something it is not, and then call it abuse because they don't stick to your definition. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236624 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
