we had a run-in with SPEWS last month; a customer of ours uses DSL supplied by COVAD with an 8-IP block; SPEWS blocked the entire class-C due to another complaints about another organization with another 8-block on that same class-C -
requests to SPEWS were on no use - It took me calling covad to get involved before it was taken care of - another case of the innocent guys falling victim to trigger happy soles.... Sincerely, Randy Armbrecht Global Web Solutions�, Inc. 804-346-5300 x102 877-800-GLOBAL (4562) x102 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 8:46 AM Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spews News > FWIW, > We fell victim to SPEWS in the same way. We were lucky to have an ISP > that was working hard on the problem and assigned us an additional /28 > network. > We assigned that to another interface on our firewall and are relaying > outbound email from that network. > > The author of this article is correct: "Trying to deal with the spews > admins is equivalent to dealing with children - conversations are > circular and not very productive." > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:Declude.JunkMail-owner@;declude.com] On Behalf Of Tom > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:44 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Spews News > > > > > > The following article about Spews is from the Langa List. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by F-Proto Virus Scanner] > > --- > [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. > --- > [Scanned for viruses by www.GlobalWeb.net using Declude/F-Prot AV] > > --- [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.
