Re: vger rejecting messages from mediaone (ORBS is evil)

From: Rik van Riel (riel@nl.linux.org)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2000 - 08:03:55 EST


On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, George Bonser wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Khimenko Victor wrote:
>
> > They blocked ORBS. It's enough. What they are saying is not relevant. What
> > they are doing IS relevant. ORBS does not send incorrect mails, it does not
> > send incorrect IP/TCP/whatever packets and it does not produce a lot of traffic.
> > The only reason to block ORBS is to make addition to ORBS's blacklist faster.
> > And if above.net wants to be blocked... They are blocked. What a problem ?
>
> More and more companies and networks are blocking ORBS. You will
> find that you are not blocking these nets by using ORBS, they are
> choosing to block the people that use ORBS. YOU are the one being
> blocked from receiving mail.

I'm getting enough mail as it is.

> To find one guilty and impose punishment in the absence of any
> evidence of wrongoing simply because one refuses to submit to
> search is wrong. It must be stopped. The goal is a good one, the
> method is evil. I would strongly suggest that all net admins block
> these probes.

Does that mean I won't even have to killfile you
because that's done automatically? :)

regards,

Rik

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