Re: [Semi-OT,important] ORBS globally blocks users of these lists

From: Stephen Frost (sfrost@ns.snowman.net)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2000 - 03:49:38 EST


On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Please do -not- use ORBS in the vger lists. The less than one thousandth of
> > one percent of systems allowing spam through them is much more desired than
> > the 100% block.
>
> If you dont like it go found a linux-full-of-spam mailing list set. You can
> sit and enjoy your own little spam filled world the rest of us wont read.
>
> What would be far more constructive would be if specific hosts that are secure
> got together and figured a policy for publishing an "ok" list based on a
> trust scheme that could be queried too.
>
> I'm just disappointed that if you speak for VA then VA's response to people
> trying to stop spam is two fingers and an attempt to blame them for other
> peoples problems.

        I don't quite follow why people aren't bitching and screaming at
above.net for filtering people connecting to their ports. I know I'd be
_extremely_ annoyed to discover my ISP was doing any kind of filtering...

                Stephen

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