Yep, that's a lot of good material. I withdraw my comments about discussing this on this list.
Michael O'Quinn On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=blacklist > > http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=spam+blacklist > > >http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=blacklist+spam&btnG=Google+Search > > > >http://www.google.com/search?q=site:kuro5hin.org+blacklist+spam&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N > > That should keep you busy for the next few hours... I don't really see a > need for the GB list to discuss the topic; it's been beaten to death > elsewhere and all the POVs are readily available with the above searches > or ones like them. No sense in the continued flogging of equestrian > mammals. > > My personal experience: I've been using MAPS at our site, ~150 users, for > a little over a year now, with a sendmail relay. Every message I bounce > from the MAPS lists bounces with the following text: > > Rejected - see<http://www.mail-abuse.org/rbl/>or call Ed at 650 801 7366 > > We average 100 blocks daily with an all time high of over 4000 in one 24 > hour period; I've received precisely 1 call in over a year of doing this. > A very low false positive rate, and acceptable to our business. YMMV. > > Regards, > > Ed Hintz > Network Systems Administrator > Natus Medical Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "Michael O'Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 12/10/02 01:15 PM > > To > Gnat Box Users list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc > david raistrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject > Re: [gb-users] ADMIN: Re: [gb-users] BL question > > > > > > > David, > > Could you suggest the appropriate venue for continuing this? Frankly, as > a GNATBox user I think this discussion is very relevant and on-topic. > > This discussion could prove valuable in demonstrating to management why a > product that includes BL capability is desirable (or not), it provides > valuable background information on the entire BL "solution" AKA > "controversy," and it's getting the word out about other potential > solutions for SPAM and about current BL sites. > > Of course, I'm just one of thsoe silly customers... > > Michael O'Quinn > > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, david raistrick wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > > > > > blacklists are fundamentally wrong. They break end to end > connectivity of > > > the net and nab a fair number of innocent users (i.e. telecommuters, > > > small-scale mail systems etc.) in addition to catching the occasional > spammer. > > > > > > Threads regarding the fundamental correctness of blocking email or other > > network connections are very far off topic for this list. Please > restrict > > such replies to off-list. Thanks. > > > > > > Threads relating to the technical aspects of such blocking (as well as > how > > to, or how not to implement such blocking) are welcome. > > > > ...david > > > > > > --- > > David Raistrick > > Systems Administrator - Global Technology Associates, Inc > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are the opinions of > > David Raistrick, not necessarily those of GTA, Inc. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archive of the last 1000 messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive of the last 1000 messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive of the last 1000 messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive of the last 1000 messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
