It's all in the "religion" as they say. Len's product does notify the person. The message is in the reject.
Also, I prefer Len's analogy: "If you moved into a bad neighborhood, that's your problem, not mine." You wouldn't call my police station here, when you have a problem in your neighborhood. But, Len's approach does provide your police station with information on the abuse in your neighborhood. (if you can follow that :) ) If you get caught in the middle of a quarrell like this, wouldn't it be prudent to go after the party that is causing the problem? It is well documented that subscriber network owners care little, or do little to prevent abuse of their networks. Why shouldn't they be held to a higher standard? Or any standard at all? Jason -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Maggard Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Blocking spam I am sorry but this is like finding that a bomb sent by the unibomber was sent from LA and thus deciding that you will throw away all mail sent from LA. It is EASY to lookup who owns(or is responsible) for a specific IP, and thus contact them about the spam, which you seem to indicate you DON'T bother doing. If after contact they do nothing THEN block their range. You say "the operator of the Class C has not policed his clients, and now he pays", but if he isn't notified about the spam then how can he police it? By not at least contacting the owner of the IP you are potentially allowing a spammer to continue operations, and thus becoming an unwitting accomplice. Why not take your logic one step further and block ALL internet traffic when you receive spam? I admit that there are ISPs that allow this to continue either due to lazyness or greed, but you shouldn't "throw the baby out with the bathwater". To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
