RHBLs are a method of locking them out just like a door lock, a tool to keep them out. There is no comparison between locking out spammers and attacking the URL that is mentioned within the spam. I don't understand your logic, but I don't care who or who doesn't use this Lycos tool.
I think it's a totally awesome concept they have by launching a DDoS and raising the cost of spam to a point where people will stop it. What I question is how well this is thought out before an attack is launched. Some people that are commenting about this seem to not care or simply miss the point. So I am going to take the same approach and try not to care about whatever they plan to do, even though I feel that it's not a wise decision they are making. Since the spammer/hacker enemy is able to totally shut down the Lycos site, it's also very likely they will be going after the Lycos bots as well. That will not affect me because until I am convinced Lycos is doing a good job of screening, I will not participate. Everyone else can do whatever they want and I wish them the best of luck. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason @ AreaTech Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 7:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites > There are laws against spammers, Lycos and anyone that helps them is being > judge, jury and hangman. That is all I meant. Let's all chuck our RHBLs too then,, since we didn't take every one of them to court and win, we can't use a list against them. Better yet, why doesn't everyone running a firewall turn it off and ship it off to good will. You don't need them anymore. Ted believes the legal system will save us. Jason To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
