Scott, [snip tale of woe]
> You can't really blame the ISPs who subscribe to these > spam-blocking servers. Your ISP could whitelist the IP of the WDVL list server rather than checking it against a blacklist. If they can't, they're using a seriously poor spam filtering system (I don't know of *any* that don't allow whitelists, even freebie client-side ones). If they can but won't, it would seem their procedures are more important to them than their customers. Either way I'd be asking myself if I was happy to keep paying a company that wasn't delivering the service I needed. > They are attempting to protect their subscribers and their > servers from inundation by the flood of spam which would > otherwise overwhelm them. True, and that's a laudable plan. However, their execution obviously leaves a little to be desired. > The fault, IMHO, lies with the spam-blocking services to > which they subscribe. The root cause of your problem does appear to be an over-zealous or badly-administered blacklist, but it's your ISP that's chosen to use that list. Let's pretend: You hire a firm of builders to renovate a room in your house. They have people on their staff who can do everything apart from the plastering, which they subcontract to a specialist company. You go off on holiday while the work is being done. When you come back, the room is perfect in every respect apart from the plastering, which is a mess. Who is the target of your wrath? The builders you employed to do the job, or the sub-contractors they hired to do the plastering? Next time you want a room redecorating, you call the same builders for a quote. They indicate they'll be using the same plasterers. Do you hire them again? Your ISP is sub-contracting spam filtering to a company that isn't doing it according to your requirements. If your list traffic gets blocked again, will you be paying your ISP next month? Cheers Jon ____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: unknown lmsubst tag argument: '' To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
