Re: Spam blocklists?

2002-08-15 Thread Marcel Popescu
From: "Sunder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > None of those things work. Most spammers don't give a shit if you don't > receive email. I can attest to this by the slew of spam going to > hostmaster, webmaster, and the like on many networks. What they're really > selling is "ten million addresses" and s

Re: Spam blocklists?

2002-08-14 Thread Sunder
None of those things work. Most spammers don't give a shit if you don't receive email. I can attest to this by the slew of spam going to hostmaster, webmaster, and the like on many networks. What they're really selling is "ten million addresses" and spam software. Even if 9 million of those ar

Re: Spam blocklists?

2002-08-14 Thread Marcel Popescu
From: "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Solution is obvious and has been known for a long time > Integrate payment with email. If anyone not on your approved > list wants to send you mail, they have to pay you x, where x is > a trivial sum, say a cent or two. > > Spammers wind up sending h

Re: Spam blocklists?

2002-08-14 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 14 Aug 2002 at 4:36, Peter Fairbrother wrote: > For instance, limiting the number of recipients of an email > (the cryptogeek system I'm working on [m-o-o-t] just allows > one), or limiting the number of emails one IP can send per > day (adjusted for number of users). > > There was an E

Re: Spam blocklists?

2002-08-14 Thread Peter Fairbrother
Greg Broiles wrote: [...] >> Osirusoft seems to be a spam blocker, but blocking legitimate mail is going >> too far. I'd rather have the spam. And I object strongly to third (or >> fourth) parties deciding what to do with my mail. > > It's the recipient, or someone acting on their behalf, who's

Reply for Dan Veeneman, Spam blocklists?

2002-08-13 Thread Peter Fairbrother
anywhere I can find. 208.249.200.24 is on one list (xbl.selwerd.cx), but that isn't (?) the sender. Osirusoft seems to be a spam blocker, but blocking legitimate mail is going too far. I'd rather have the spam. And I object strongly to third (or fourth) parties deciding what to do with my mail. (

Re: Reply for Dan Veeneman, Spam blocklists?

2002-08-13 Thread Greg Broiles
armenides.zen.co.uk was on spam blocklists until very recently - see http://groups.google.com/groups?q=212.23.8.69+group:news.admin.net-abuse.*&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=aij5pl%2414guph%241%40ID-66783.news.dfncis.de&rnum=1 for a discussion of that, or htt