On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="DaZZa">
> > > Unfortunately, so are SORBS.
> > Care to elaborate?
> > If sorbs are that bad, I'll stop using them if someone can give me a
> > balanced argument as to WHY they're bad.
>
> First off, their methods and policies for adding and keeping IP addresses
> (but usually whole blocks) are pretty shonky. Bodgy tests, insisting that a
> number of infractions lists you for a full year (and similar rules), and the
> worst is aggregating all of their lists - even the very suspect ones - into
> a single rbl (which is basically what all SORBS users use). Most removals
> are done manually, not via automated checks. Many of their lists are whacked
> enough by definition that they require manual checks. Insane.
>
> You really have to read their webpage (http://www.dnsbl.au.sorbs.net/) to
> see just how crack they are. Additionally, to get off some of their lists,
> you must make a $50 donation to a suggested or chosen charity. That's just
> flat-out extortion - even though it sounds all very nice and dandy, and we
> should wring spammers necks, and yada yada yada, SORBS are so willy-nilly
> with their shotgun approach that they affect everyone.
OK, so who, in your opinion, for which I will not hold you responsible if
I'm silly enough to listen to {:-)}, *is* a good place to do on-line orb
lookups?
DaZZa
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