Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 14:36:48 -0800 From: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> To: dever@getaclue.net Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. Message-ID: <200212302236.gBUMar175586@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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Douglas A Dever <dever@getaclue.net> writes: > Some blacklisters have different criteria than others. The only > time I know of Steve Linford's SBL adding a block that was not a > spamhaus was when they recently added Verio's corporate mail servers > to force an issue. Some lists try to keep innocents from being > caught up in the rbl. Other lists are run like SPEWS. In the words > of one hollywood Knight, "You must choose, but choose wisely..." Yes, and up until recently I've had no problem with others choosing to delegate censorship to an outside "authority" ... as long as that doesn't affect me or my users. =) The practice of widening the blacklist coverage to force complaints is not only dishonorable but I highly question the effectiveness thereof. I understand that at least one person I know is actually switching ISPs over this issue, preferring to find one that doesn't use blacklists. > Assuming one considers an autogenerated, harvested list being fed > into a mass mailing application to truely be "human to human" > communication... Well, I do. Do you watch television? (I dont anymore because of the commercials.) Do you drive on the road? Do you read magazines? Guess what? It's humans that create those ads. ;) It would surprise many old-timer people who know me to know that I despise commercials and marketed advertising. Nevertheless, to allow one evil to justify another is yet a third evil. > Both are good and easily implemented solutions. Now we come back to > trying to make people understand something forceably. :-) This is an age old problem of course. If you manage to do this, you get programmable human robots. No more intellectual freedom. ;) ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< The king arrived at the resturant where Nasrudin had been left in charge. The king ordered an omelette. After his meal, when he saw the check he raised his eyebrows. "Eggs must be very costly here. Are they as scarce as that?" "It is not the eggs, your majesty...it is the visits of kings." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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