Scott if we comment out a test in global.cfg and leave its action in default.junkmail will there be any problems ? errors, performance issues, ...
----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 1:52 PM Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] EASYNET tests going away December 1 > FYI. Here's a copy of their E-mail. > -Scott > > --- > The easynet blacklists/spamfilters (blackholes.easynet.nl, > proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl, dynablock.easynet.nl, > spamdomains.blackholes.easynet.nl, and the easynet spamlists) will > be discontinued starting Dec 1 2003. > > The zonefiles and associated files will be 'zero-sized' on that day. > The domains will continue to resolve for a long time, but they will > contain nothing more than the test records (127.0.0.2 and > example.com), so they will not catch anything. > > Holy Crap! > - Yep. > > FAQ? > - Sure. > > Are you being DDos'ed out of existence? > - Nope. They probably tried. We didn't even notice it. > > Are you being sued? > - Nope. They probably tried. We didn't even notice it. > > Are you being threatened? > - Frankly, we will miss that part. > > Are you tired? > - Damn right. > > Are you giving up? > - That is not the right word. There are plenty of fine blacklists, > and new ones spring up every day. The wirehub/easynet lists served > their purpose, but others may serve that purpose equally well. > > Isn't this all kinda sudden? > - Yes. Sometimes, you just know that it's time to say goodbye. And > the moment you know it, you must do it. Running blacklists on > anything less than 100% motivation and energy is not how it should > be done. > > Anything else? > - Sure. These blacklists were maintained by a single person, all of > them. Every day. Listings, delistings, finding new DSL/cable ranges, > finding new open proxies, writing better scripts, handling all > email, running statistics, publishing overviews, providing rsync > areas, DNS tranfers. You name it. TINW. There's an I. And I want my > life back, at least a little ;) > > Life? > - Yes. Maybe not as we know it. Over the past 3-4 years, the > maintainer of these lists has worked 7 days a week, 10-12 hours a > day running these lists and handling all tasks and email associated > with them. Not a single day has passed without at least processing > delisting requests (the bare minimum). And then there was the day > job (which was really nothing more than running an ISP's server farm > - peanuts, it's FreeBSD). > > Is that all? > - There's more to it, but the details do not really concern you. > Let's just say that the integrity of these lists might have been in > jeopardy in the long run. There are two cardinal sins when it comes > to blacklists: 1. putting/keeping someone on them who should not be > - 2. not putting someone on them who really should be. Avoiding '1' > is a matter of discipline and a thick skin. Avoiding '2' is a > matter of being totally independent from all pressures surrounding > you. Avoiding '2' has become increasingly difficult, and we'd rather > stop with our integrity fully intact and our reputation unharmed. > That is about now. Well, next week. > > We? > - Yes, dropping that habit will take some time ;) > > Will you be back? > - Probably. Lurking. > > Will you miss us? > - Depends on how well target practice goes. > > Should we give up The Good Fight? > - Hell no, we're winning. There's plenty of enthusiasm, and there > are plenty of new and old blacklists doing fine work. Take your > pick. Keep fighting. Fight for your spam laws. Educate. Annoy. Sue > if you must. It's up to you now. > > Is there anything we can do? > - Yes. Spread the word, please. Post to your local/national abuse > groups, inform anyone you know who uses these lists, update your > configurations. Nothing will break after Dec 1, but there will come > a day when these names (including the old Wirehub ones, which still > resolve) will cease to resolve. This will probably be announced. > > Will the lists be back under a different name? > - Probably not. It started out as 'doing some extra work to stop > spam', because .. well .. FreeBSD and such, plenty of time left. And > why not donate that work to the Internet community as well. In the > long run. it turned out to be 'getting some sleep and maybe > something to eat between emails and zone updates'. Sometimes, enough > is just enough. > > Can't you just maintain one or two of the lists? > - What did I just say? > > I have a question! > - The email address will probably work throughout December. It may > drop dead after that. Hope I won't. > > Goodbye all. It was invigorating, it was fun, it was necessary. > Don't give up. > > Ben. > > -- > easynet.nl abuse handling dept. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - blacklists/dnsbls: http://abuse.easynet.nl/spamstats.html - > - aup: http://www.nl.easynet.net/pub/av/aup/nl (dutch) ------ > - aup: http://www.nl.easynet.net/pub/av/aup/en (english) ---- > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". 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