Have Amazon commented at all? JD
> On 12 May 2023, at 17:28, Mary via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > > > Because all amazon spam seems to originate from within that block. > > The decision to block larger blocks than /24 is based on: > > - faster and more efficient to block at the firewall level > - /24 block are just not enough these days > - better than doing cpu intensive content filtering > - covers all spam, no matter what they try > - punishes spam-friendly networks (and countries) > - less inbound mail to scan > - some legitimate mail will be rejected, which we can white-list if/when > someone actually complains > > > > On Fri, 12 May 2023 14:49:36 +0000 Alexander Huynh via mailop > <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > >> I’m curious as to the decision to block the /11, versus blocking the >> spamming domain. >> >> May I ask what was the reasoning? >> >> One thing I could think of is: blocking the subnet can be done at a lower >> level of the tech stack (e.g. iptables/BPF), and thus would consume less CPU. >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> Alex >> _______________________________________________ >> mailop mailing list >> mailop@mailop.org >> https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
