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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:59:02 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports/9864: make rblcheck use relay.orbs.org instead  of dorkslayers.com
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.990203095446.27586I-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <199902032036.MAA11706@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>

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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Cy Schubert wrote:

> Dialup users are not the issue.  Spam is!  For example, dialup 
> users who send out legitimate email are not the problem.  Spammers 
> who send out emails about the latest sex site, some get rich quick 
> scheme, or from religious zealots seeking a following, IMO are the 
> problem.
[rest of long useless rant deleted, we all know why spam is bad.]

I don't like spam either, but not including dialup users in with the main
list is silly. Dialup users aren't the problem, spammers are, lets not
forget that.

As far as me using my ISPs mail server, it's my right to handle my mail
how I want to. My IP space as a dialup user may be small and low on
bandwidth, but singling out large blocks of addresses just because one
person on that ISP sent spam is silly.

Half the spam I receive comes from non-North American sites, should I just
blackhole the rest of the world?

Deal with specific users/ISPs, don't single out users, that's why there is
contact info in Internic/RIPE/APnic/ARIN records.

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