Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:45:43 -0500 (EST) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/9864: make rblcheck use relay.orbs.org instead of dorkslayers.com Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902041536160.13910-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990204083331.16869B-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> (If I were running it) I'd blacklist them because they were running
> relays, not because they are dialup users. Assuming all dialup users are
> evil and irresponsible is a bad idea.
>
> Everyone seems to be missing a large point here. Spammers should be
> punished because they spam. People who have never spammed should not be
> punished because of some elitist quest to squash those who do not have
> more bandwidth then a POTS/ISDN line.
You're absolutely right. However, complaints to uu.net, psi.net,
netcom.{com,net,ca}, att, mci, etc. have not reduced the amount
of spam I received from those sources in the least. Blocking
their dialup ports has reduced it by much more than 50%.
It's not a matter of passing judgment on the type of connection
someone has, it's a matter of what keeps that crap out of my
mailbox.
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