On 17/10/06, Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Chris Edwards wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, David Woodhouse wrote: > > > > > > | Yeah, this is just the UCEPROTECT folks being muppets. I'm with Nigel; > > | they're best ignored. > > > > The classic DNSBL argument! Assuming they are muppets, they will > > ultimately be ignored, with few mail admins using them to block. If > > however enough mail admins are using them to block as to cause pain to > > those listed, then one might at least sit and think whether or not their > > listing policy has some merit afterall. > > > > If you are going to run an RBL to list spammers then that's fine. If you > are going to use the same RBL to advance a political ajenda then that's > not fine. If a vendor lists servers in their spam RBL that they know > aren't spammers then they are muppets.
Correction: As long as UCEPROTECT's policies are published and adhered to, then the muppets are the people who blindly use their DNSBLs to block. I could publish a DNSBL which lists all odd-numbered IPs if I wanted to - only a fool would use that to refuse email. Peter -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
