----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: PCWorks: White list/black list services, Sp*mcop, etc.
Had anyone thought about proposing to courts, lawmakers, etc., the
possibility of shutting down Sp*mcop and other organizations using a black
list?
Why? Black lists are a legitimate way of banning email and IP addresses,
the fact that they inconvenience a few is less important than the many they
protect.
Recently, I have missed several emails because IP addresses were listed. One
is an email list that doesn't send email but to its members. How did this
site get listed?
Someone must have mistakenly reported an email as being sp*m and sp*mcop
have added it to their lists. An email from the site concerned should get the
ban
swiftly lifted.
It seems to me it is more important to ensure delivery of legitimate email
than it is to block a few more sp*m then I already get.
Thoughts?
On average, my email filtered through sp*mcop results in 2 sp*m emails per
month.
I think the odd missed email is a small price to pay for such a success rate.
It seems an odd decision to attack sp*mcop for succeeding. Like any database
it can only be as good as the information it contains, and yes there will be
times
when it blocks emails that are not sp*m. But let's not shoot the wrong guys, and
let's not make them so ineffective that email once more becomes a scourge rather
than an a mild annoyance.
--
Graham
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