John and all, If RBL'ing is to be used against a whole domain, it would seem to prove the point that ICANN and the DNSO are not in compliance with the White Paper and the MoU, as such an action blocks any user of in this instance @vrx.net. That seems to be both bad policy and bad advice. I would have thought that ICANN and now the DNSO would have garnered a lesson from the recent events of the WTO in Seattle. I hope that they have or will. Such practices could weigh heavily in Ciaro in March should they have not. CENSORSHIP in any of its various forms is fundamentally WRONG! John Charles Broomfield wrote: > Hi Dan, > Having your main email account as a @vrx.net type email account > under the current situation at vrx.net is as sound business practice as > choosing to send mail from a RBL-ed system, which in fact, come to think of > it, is not that different from choosing to post from a non-IANA/ICANN TLD. > > People who filter based on RBL have decided that it is an unfortunate loss > to miss out on the legitimate emails, but as the signal to noise ratio is > that bad, it's acceptable (in other words, the time lost because of missed > messages pays itself ten-fold because of the time gained thanks to the > filtering). > vrx deserves the same type of filtering as RBL as the noise ratio is through > the roof. It would be very sad to lose out on you because of this, however > note that what will get filtered are your outbound messages (from you to the > world), not your inbound messages (from the world to you), so it probably > would be wise for you to start looking around for some stable and durable > email system... Please take this for what it's worth: friendly, good-wishing > ADVICE. > > Yours, John Broomfield. > > Dan Steinberg wrote: > > Kent Crispin wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 09:11:40AM -0500, Dan Steinberg wrote: > > > > > That leaves the requirement for the rest of us to filter all mail from > > > > > vrx.net. > > > > > > > > Since roughly half my mail goes out as [EMAIL PROTECTED] you would be > > > > filtering me as well. I trust this is not the desired intent (and yes > > > > this is really me). > > > > > > You can send your mail from travel-net. > > > > So I and the other people on vrx.net that also occasionally post to > > lists dealing with domain name issues are supposed to change our > > e-mail accounts just because you ask us to???? People have various > > reasons for using multiple e-mail accounts and I won't bore > > listmembers with the details. We can debate this all you want but I > > doubt you will convince me that your need is sufficient for me to > > change the way I do business. > > > > In practical terms, the effect of filtering me is negligible since I > > rarely post here in the first place. I just raised the issue as a > > question of principle. I would also like to point out that as usual, > > people dealing with the noise level manage to send almost as many > > messages about dealing with the noise as the actual noise they > > perceive in the first place and this post is in itself a contribution > > to the noise level. > > > > > > > > -- > > Dan Steinberg > > > > SYNTHESIS:Law & Technology > > 35, du Ravin > > Box 532, RR1 phone: (613) 794-5356 > > Chelsea, Quebec fax: (819) 827-4398 > > J0X 1N0 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
