The following article about Spews is from the Langa List.
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Fred, I saw your article regarding SpamCop and wanted to let
you and your readers know about a "service" that is even worse
called Spews. Spews doesn't blacklist sites, it blacklists
entire ip ranges as a way to force domain owners, most of whom
are completely innocent but happen to be within the range of
the IP block, to pressure their ISP or service provider to
shutdown the supposed offending spammer. It is my opinion that
Spews (which is completely unreachable if you wish to object
to your being included in an IP range), is actually run by
spammers - as their actions are so heavy handed that they
cause most users to end up dropping the use of RBLs, and as a
consequence more spam ends up getting through to people's
inboxes. More information about my experience is available at
http://www.allpm.com/article.php?sid=261&mode=&order=0&thold=0
Regards, Michael Lines
Thanks, Michael.
SPEWS stands for "SPAM Prevention Early Warning System." Like SpamCop,
it's a well-intentioned, first-generation tool for combating spam. As
such, it's a pretty blunt instrument, and (as Michael's case shows) it
can do a lot of damage to perfectly innocent sites.
I wish the folks who set up these early, simple blacklists would wake up
to the harm they do; and apply their obvious talents to producing better
tools. As it is now, they're using first-generation anti-spam tools to
try to block third- and fourth-generation spamming techniques.
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