RE: [APML] Spamcop

["Richard Klappal" <klappal@xnet.com>]

PacBell is one of the ISPs that, apparently, total ignores spam complaints.
I received essentially identical spams from the same PacBell-hosted IP
address for years until I implemented a script to 'discard before delivery'
for designated emails.

Blocking IP address ranges, thus taking out most email from China, Korea,
Brazil, and significant parts of the Netherlands, Russia, Bulgaria, France
and several USA ISPs just might have a beneficial impact.

-----Original Message-----
From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
[mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of steve banbury
Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2003 15:23
To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
Subject: RE: [APML] Spamcop


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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