From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 8 17: 0:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ucan.foad.org (ucan.foad.org [64.173.36.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3891C37B42A for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:59:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from pde@localhost) by ucan.foad.org (foad/FOAD2.0) id g38Nxsn31315; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:59:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:59:54 -0700 From: Pete Ehlke To: Dan Langille Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail black lists such as ORBS/ORBZ etc Message-ID: <20020408165954.A7980@ehlke.net> References: <20020408234554.8D69F3F30@bast.unixathome.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020408234554.8D69F3F30@bast.unixathome.org>; from dan@langille.org on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 07:45:15PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 07:45:15PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > Given the increase in spam levels over the past 6 months or so, I'm > surprised that nobody has stepped forward to fund real time black lists > such as ORBS/ORBZ. Why is that? > > Do people see them as unworthy projects? Not worth funding? Or is there > just no funding available? > However you feel about the correctness of the perception, antispam blackhole lists and thier operators have acquired a reputation as controversial, at best. And they're lawsuit magnets. Perhaps you've noticed that funding sources in general have become much more attentive to sound business practices than they once were. Not many places are going to be interested in funding ventures that are sure to get sued into oblivion, are percieved by large segments of the public as wackjobs, and don't stand a snowball's chance of ever being profitable. -- "religious fanatics are not part of my desired user base." - djb@cr.yp.to To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message