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Thanks! John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Carr > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Modus] Bad Bad News > > * This is the modus mailing list * > > Subject: [easynet.nl] HEADS UP - The easynet blacklists will > be discontinued Dec 1 2003 > > S.P.Q.N.A.N.A.E atque N.I.M. (tinspqnaneatquenim), > > The easynet blacklists/spamfilters (blackholes.easynet.nl, > proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl, dynablock.easynet.nl, > spamdomains.blackholes.easynet.nl, and the easynet spamlists) > will be discontinued starting Dec 1 2003. > > The zonefiles and associated files will be 'zero-sized' on > that day. The domains will continue to resolve for a long > time, but they will contain nothing more than the test > records (127.0.0.2 and example.com), so they will not catch anything. > > Holy Crap! > - Yep. > > FAQ? > - Sure. > > Are you being DDos'ed out of existence? > - Nope. They probably tried. We didn't even notice it. > > Are you being sued? > - Nope. They probably tried. We didn't even notice it. > > Are you being threatened? > - Frankly, we will miss that part. > > Are you tired? > - Damn right. > > Are you giving up? > - That is not the right word. There are plenty of fine > blacklists, and new ones spring up every day. The > wirehub/easynet lists served their purpose, but others may > serve that purpose equally well. > > Isn't this all kinda sudden? > - Yes. Sometimes, you just know that it's time to say > goodbye. And the moment you know it, you must do it. Running > blacklists on anything less than 100% motivation and energy > is not how it should be done. > > Anything else? > - Sure. These blacklists were maintained by a single person, > all of them. > Every day. Listings, delistings, finding new DSL/cable > ranges, finding new open proxies, writing better scripts, > handling all email, running statistics, publishing overviews, > providing rsync areas, DNS tranfers. You name it. TINW. > There's an I. And I want my life back, at least a little ;) > > Life? > - Yes. Maybe not as we know it. Over the past 3-4 years, the > maintainer of these lists has worked 7 days a week, 10-12 > hours a day running these lists and handling all tasks and > email associated with them. Not a single day has passed > without at least processing delisting requests (the bare minimum). > And then there was the day job (which was really nothing more > than running an ISP's server farm - peanuts, it's FreeBSD). > > Is that all? > - There's more to it, but the details do not really concern > you. Let's just say that the integrity of these lists might > have been in jeopardy in the long run. There are two cardinal > sins when it comes to blacklists: 1. > putting/keeping someone on them who should not be - 2. not > putting someone on them who really should be. Avoiding '1' is > a matter of discipline and a thick skin. Avoiding '2' is a > matter of being totally independent from all pressures > surrounding you. Avoiding '2' has become increasingly > difficult, and we'd rather stop with our integrity fully > intact and our reputation unharmed. That is about now. Well, > next week. > > We? > - Yes, dropping that habit will take some time ;) > > Will you be back? > - Probably. Lurking. > > Will you miss us? > - Depends on how well target practice goes. > > Should we give up The Good Fight? > - Hell no, we're winning. There's plenty of enthusiasm, and > there are plenty of new and old blacklists doing fine work. > Take your pick. Keep fighting. > Fight for your spam laws. Educate. Annoy. Sue if you must. > It's up to you now. > > Is there anything we can do? > - Yes. Spread the word, please. Post to your local/national > abuse groups, inform anyone you know who uses these lists, > update your configurations. > Nothing will break after Dec 1, but there will come a day > when these names (including the old Wirehub ones, which still > resolve) will cease to resolve. > This will probably be announced. > > Will the lists be back under a different name? > - Probably not. It started out as 'doing some extra work to > stop spam', because .. well .. FreeBSD and such, plenty of > time left. And why not donate that work to the Internet > community as well. In the long run. it turned out to be > 'getting some sleep and maybe something to eat between emails > and zone updates'. Sometimes, enough is just enough. > > Can't you just maintain one or two of the lists? > - What did I just say? > > I have a question! > - The email address will probably work throughout December. > It may drop dead after that. Hope I won't. > > Goodbye all. It was invigorating, it was fun, it was > necessary. Don't give up. > > Ben. > > > > ** > To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line. ** To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line.
