Well, Nah, they're incompetent, overzealous and irresponsible. Did I say that out loud?
I feel like I did my part. Today we helped convinced another mid-sized provider (http://www.OLM.com) to stop using spews completely. They implemented spews on 02/03/03 and by 02/05/03 it was gone. However, I can't take all the credit. There were PLENTY of ticked off users and admins reading them the riot act. Regards, Phillip B. Holmes Media Resolutions Inc. Macromedia Alliance Partner http://www.mediares.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-888-395-4678 972-889-0201 /* Please send support requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] */ Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.--- Chinese Proverb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Colbeck, Andrew Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:02 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Spews is incompetent (well, overzealous at least) Check out this article if you haven't already. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29159.html The link to the Newsgroup message thread for pro vs. con is worth a read, and includes some gems. The short of it is that spews.org often lists a much bigger netblock than they need to, on the philosophy that users of their system prefer to not deal at all with an ISP that is receiving income by hosting a spammer. For similar reasons, even though it's a pretty darn big ISP through acquisitions, my ISP is listed in XBL and BLARS for a very small number of spammer infractions. I use OSSRC but give it a relatively low weight due to the likelihood of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Andrew. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
