RE: [APML] Spamcop

[steve banbury <banburys@sonic.net>]

At 12:38 PM 9/23/03 -0500,Richard wrote:

>I'm ready to think that that kind of heavy-handed action is the only thing
>left to cure the problem.  If a domain owner/controller/ISP won't terminate
>the spamsters and/or properly configure their ports for clean operation,
>then the remainder of the net should block said domain owner/controller/ISP.
>Legitimate customers will apply the pressure to cure the offenses, or they
>will leave, ending the business operation.
>

Hi Richard--I hate spammers too, but did you note what Gene wrote in his post?


>Spamcop has apparently become as evil as ORBIS in terms of 
>blacklisting innocent domains and then refusing to delist
>them since their lists are for reference only and are known
>to have errors and therefor it is the ISPs' that are using
>the lists fault if they rely on this information.


Perhaps "blacklisting innocent domains" with resulting damage to their
business is not a good thing.  Sort of goes against "innocent until
proven guilty" principles which used to be part of our national
heritage.

Steve 

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