On 03/11/06, Chris Lightfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:44:45PM +0000, Peter Bowyer wrote: > > On 02/11/06, Chris Lightfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > no. I asked, is there any evidence for the implicit theory > > > of things like Dynastop (i.e., that anybody with whom you > > > might want to exchange mail is rich enough to pay for some > > > sort of connectivity that doesn't appear in such a list). > > > You offered none, but instead offered evidence for a > > > completely different theory, presumably in the hope that > > > dimmer readers would mistake it for what I asked for. > > > (This is the bit of your message which I elided with > > > [...], above, because it was not relevant to the > > > discussion.) > [...] > > My argument was that the 'implicit theory' you're trying to find > > evidence for doesn't exist. The bit about '...afford a leased line' > > was something you made up - nobody implied it. > > I believe that the people who advocate the use of these > `black lists' and expend time and effort in composing them > do so based on the claim that they are generally useful > for some purpose or other. That must mean that there is a > feature which separates mail which is sent through mail > servers on IPs which appear on a `black list' from mail > which is through mail servers which are not on a `black > list'. This distinction obviously is not anything directly > to do with spam, because the definition of whether a mail > is spam or not is up to the recipient of the mail, and is > independent of the IPs through which the mail passes (and > the opinions of the people running any mail servers which > might consult `black lists', much as -- as discussion here > shows -- such administrators may believe otherwise). > > Therefore there must be, in the opinion of the people > responsible, some feature of dynamic IPs which makes it > impossible that mail originating from them is desirable to > receive.
The part of my argument which you keep dismissing as irrelevant answers this question in its entirety. Either listen to what you're being told or go away. 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/
