Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-10 Thread Steve Atkins
Rob, Jim ... None of this is particularly related to mail ops. Cheers, Steve ___ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-10 Thread Rob McEwen
On 1/10/2019 12:00 PM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: > At the very least, it is a suspicious practice. And certain people > high up in the industry have strongly warned me against ever doing > ANYTHING like that Clearly that is a stated "dislike" of an entity's practice. Your

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-10 Thread Jim Popovitch via mailop
On Thu, 2019-01-10 at 11:37 -0500, Rob McEwen wrote: > On 1/10/2019 10:44 AM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: > > you are de-valuing mine,  > > Actually, your opinion about these organizations was important and > noteworthy. if someone has a conflict of interest, it *is* helpful to > get feedback

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-10 Thread Rob McEwen
On 1/10/2019 10:44 AM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: you are de-valuing mine, Actually, your opinion about these organizations was important and noteworthy. if someone has a conflict of interest, it *is* helpful to get feedback indicating that such an entity is reported to be operating

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-10 Thread Jim Popovitch via mailop
On Thu, 2019-01-10 at 09:33 -0500, Rob McEwen wrote: > ... [snip] ... > > So I'll stop here and quit before I put my foot in my mouth! But ya didn't, did ya? Look dude, everybody has opinions. You are de-valuing mine, strictly because I have a biz agreement with some entity you dislike.

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-10 Thread Rob McEwen
On 1/10/2019 9:33 AM, Rob McEwen wrote: is basically to say, "but how do you know for sure that the person isn't giving in to competing interests or is compromised? and how dare you question their judgment!" (to summarize your arguments) oops - "double negative" typo - I meant to say: is

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-10 Thread Rob McEwen
On 1/8/2019 5:16 PM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: I also see an issue where you probably shouldn't criticize another DNSBL unless you have data that they are misstating why and how they collect fees for their efforts Jim, My focus was always on "best practices" and principles - and I

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Grant Taylor via mailop
On 01/08/2019 02:36 PM, Rob McEwen wrote: I get offers OFTEN from those who had been blacklisted by invaluement, where they ask, "Rob, can we pay you to up us set up our system better so that we won't have the kind of security breaches that caused us to get blacklisted?" (and then I kindly

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Jim Popovitch via mailop
On Tue, 2019-01-08 at 16:36 -0500, Rob McEwen wrote: > On 1/8/2019 4:26 PM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: > > Any value greater than a reasonable amount to provide a > > communications > > portal, and actual communications with, the entity requesting the > > de- > > listing. > > Jim, > I get

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Rob McEwen
On 1/8/2019 4:26 PM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: Any value greater than a reasonable amount to provide a communications portal, and actual communications with, the entity requesting the de- listing. Jim, I get offers OFTEN from those who had been blacklisted by invaluement, where they

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Jim Popovitch via mailop
On Tue, 2019-01-08 at 18:03 +, Olaf Petry - Hornetsecurity wrote: > > > If the barrier had been $1000, then sure > > > I would have said "it's extortion", but it wasn't.   > > Where does the extortion barrier start in your opinion? 1000, 500, > 100, 20 or 1 Buck? Any value greater than a

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Grant Taylor via mailop
On 01/08/2019 11:33 AM, Michael Peddemors wrote: We have long been planning on a IPv6 MTA registry, where those wanting to run MTA's on IPv6 could register as a certified operator, eg. a legitimate party with proper abuse contacts etc.. Okay. I question how large the value is in that. I say

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Michael Peddemors
However, another take on this.. We have long been planning on a IPv6 MTA registry, where those wanting to run MTA's on IPv6 could register as a certified operator, eg. a legitimate party with proper abuse contacts etc.. DNSBL on IPv4 works well enough, but for the IPv6 size, it is more

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Rob McEwen
On 1/8/2019 12:43 PM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: For everyone who says "extortion" is it not legitimate to question their motives for saying so? Let me be clear, the folks that I hear make the extortion claim, all provide competitive offerings or sell fee-based deliverability consulting

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Olaf Petry - Hornetsecurity
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Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Jim Popovitch via mailop
On Tue, 2019-01-08 at 12:04 -0500, Rob McEwen wrote: > On 1/8/2019 11:46 AM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: > > The same has been said about HTML emails...but that hasn't stopped > > folks from using them.;-) > > "apples to oranges" comparison - sort of like saying it is ok to > cheat on your

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Rob McEwen
On 1/8/2019 11:46 AM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: The same has been said about HTML emails...but that hasn't stopped folks from using them.;-) "apples to oranges" comparison - sort of like saying it is ok to cheat on your taxes because some people drive 5 miles above the speed limit.

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Jim Popovitch via mailop
On Tue, 2019-01-08 at 11:26 -0500, Rob McEwen wrote: > On 1/8/2019 10:26 AM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: > > > Which spammer would not pay that fee if they would be interested > > > to > > > get whitelisted? > > > > That's not how it works, and frankly you should know that as a > > security >

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Jim Popovitch via mailop
On Tue, 2019-01-08 at 15:06 +, Olaf Petry - Hornetsecurity wrote: > > > the $$ is to validate the responsible entity behind a sending > > > domain that is whitelisted > > > You are kidding, don't you? No I am not kidding. > Which spammer would not pay that fee if they would be interested

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Olaf Petry - Hornetsecurity
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Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Jim Popovitch via mailop
On Tue, 2019-01-08 at 13:56 +, Mathieu Bourdin wrote: > Wasnt that the paying "service"? I think remember something like 20$ > for getting delisted for each IP or domain. Yep, that's $20 per year. The $$ isn't to fund their vacations or service, the $$ is to validate the responsible entity

Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread Mathieu Bourdin
t be mistaken though, it was like 4 or 5 years ago. Mathieu Bourdin. -Message d'origine- De : mailop De la part de Steve Atkins Envoyé : mardi 8 janvier 2019 13:08 À : mailop@mailop.org Objet : Re: [mailop] emailreg.org is down > On Jan 8, 2019, at 11:53 AM, David Jones via mai

[mailop] emailreg.org is down

2019-01-08 Thread David Jones via mailop
Anyone on this list know if this site is worth registration? One of our mail servers was listed on Barracuda BRBL which recommended to sign up with emailreg.org. http://www.emailreg.org/index.cgi?p=register Dave Jones Education Networks of America