Dear Brian, I think the spam filters do not black list all the IP Blocks found in the message header, they only block that which sent the message not every one in the forwarding chain.
Best Regards, Ramy Nabil http://www.mydomreg.com Doctor PC - Brian O'Donnell wrote: >Hello > >I am very sorry if this is off-topic (and maybe a little verbose), but I >have run into a conflict of opinion situation and need some feedback. > >Supposing I purchase from Tucows (or some other entity) a domain >registration, coupled with e-mail forwarding. Suppose, further, that I am >not interested in subscribing to any spam filtering or any such tool that >might lessen the load on the mailservers, for whatever reason. > >Let's follow our little piece of sh-- I mean spam, as it goes from its >source... >to the domain name, which is set up for email forwarding.... >through Tucows (for instance)... >and finally to my private email address at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Now, myISP has put in place procedures to prevent the spread of spam. So >they look at this (single) email message, and, seeing that it "came from" >Tucows, blocks Tucows' entire IP block. > >Now, Tucows' other customers who are also served by myISP ([EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], etc.) don't get their automated 60, 30 etc.. day notices >because they all bounce back to Tucows as a banned host. > >Are you with me so far? > >What is the ethical (or legal) ramifications of myISP doing something like >that? Can they really punish the recipient of the spam? I have been involved >in a discussion on SpamCop's forum today and the general concensus over >there is that because myISP is paying for the infrastructure, they, and they >alone, call the shots as to what a user (paying customer) may receive. We >are not talking about being punished for sending, just receiving. > >Any opinions? > >Thanks > >Brian P. O'Donnell >Doctor PC >www.doctorpc.ca > >_______________________________________________ >domains-gen mailing list >[email protected] >http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen > > > _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
