This is not a new thing. See, for example: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975473.html
And: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-943337.html Also, I've documented some of SpamCop's tricks, which fall into the same category as what you've described: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=spamcop I suggest you grab a domain name, set up a site, and compile info on overbroad blacklisting. Would be an interesting read if everything's documented. -Declan On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 11:35:02PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've recently discovered MAPS when messages I send to friends started > bouncing back. I'm finding that large ISP's are paying mailabuse.org > for lists of IP's, and mailabuse.org isn't taking care to ensure the > blacklisted IP's are from known spammers, they're targeting broad > ranges of IP's, and rejecting legitimate email as part of the game. > > Has anyone here become a victim of this denial of service attack? > Spam used to upset me. At most, there's the inconvenience of deleting > the messages that don't get trapped by spamassassin. But spam never > upset me as much as MAPS, these crooked anti-spammers. When my > message bounces, I can't just hit resend, because it bounces again. > When I ask to have my IP removed from their blacklist, they tell me to > change my software! > > I've never spammed, and my machines are closed to the public, so no > spam has come from my IP. While I hate spammers just like the next > person, I'm totally willing to join forces with spammers just to > remove these MAPS slimeballs from power. There needs to be a mailing > list so victims can organize. > > I think the most effective approach is to create an ISP boycott list, > which lists ISP's that participate. Any thoughts? If we put together > such a list, I'll simply tell all my contacts who are on a listed ISP > to switch ISP's if they want to receive email from me.
