> > It may come to that. If DSL IP banks become a significant, easily
> > blockable source of mostly spam, then of course they will be blocked.
> > So? Why is this supposed to be a problem for me if I block them?
>
> Because it's possible there will reach a point where the number of hoops
> the person using DSL would have to jump through to successfully get mail
> to you will exceed their patience, at which point they'll just say "screw
> it" and stop communicating with you.
>
> I'll point out that this mailing list is being run off what is arguably an
> IP address provided to an end-user by an ISP. (At least possibly; I'm not
> aware of whatever arrangements Dan has with his university. But here at
> Stanford, I'd put faculty machines into that category.)
Exactly. The implicit assumption being promoted here is that an ISP's
mail server is somehow more "legitimate" than an arbitrary mailserver on
the Internet. As Russ has just demonstrated, there is quite a bit of
legitimate mail transacted on non-ISP servers.
- Mike
