>>>>> "Suresh" == Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Suresh> Raj Mathur wrote:
    >> I personally would never use Spamhaus because of their policy
    >> of listing entire network blocks on finding one spamming IP in
    >> a block.  Sure, there shouldn't be any spam at all, but IMNSHO
    >> blocking a /16 (65536 IPs) for one spammer is serious overkill,
    >> if not downright stupid.

    Suresh> You are confusing spamhaus.org with spews.

Eww, my bad!  Thanks for the correction.

    Suresh> spamhaus.org is a lot more surgical than you think it is

    Suresh> And no - that /16 block you referred to is not just
    Suresh> because of one spammer.  And continued hosting of a
    Suresh> spammer will produce escalations in any blocklist you care
    Suresh> to name.

Fair enough.

Regards,

-- Raju
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