# > MAIL.COM DOES NOT, NEVER HAS, AND NEVER WILL BLACKLIST SERVERS BASED
# > ON THE http://maps.vix.com/tsi/new-rlytest.cgi SCRIPT.
# >
# > I'm afraid that the message sent by the abuse staff at Mail.Com to Mr.
# > Bell was somewhat unclear. iq-ss5.iquest.net was blocked because we
# > received an unexpectedly high volume of mail from it. Period. The
# > speculation that it was an open relay was just that, speculation, and
# > we provided the pointer to the vix.com relay tester as a courtesy to
# > Mr. Bell.
# >
# > Here is the crux of the matter: we would have blacklisted the server
# > even if it had "passed" the TSI Relay Test.
#
# Well, that clears up one issue, but raises another. In the nature of
# things, mail.com is likely to get lots of mail from certain servers --
# those hosting mailing lists, those belonging to other big email
# providers. My server, for example, hosts one fairly large monthly
# newsletter that has over 1000 subscribers at hotmail.com. (Only
# something like 12 at mail.com, or I'd be using you for the example).
# So, each month when that goes out, hotmail.com will receive a big
# batch of emails from me. If that list had 1000 subscribers at
# mail.com, would you have blacklisted me?
Yes, they probably would have, of the mail.com etc. domains that they host,
one of our three daily large volume lists has the following breakdown:
List Total: 46633
iname.com 100
.iname.com 100
altavista.net 12
cheerful.com 20
cybergal.com 7
email.com 64
financier.com 1
iname.com 100
indiamail.com 1
innocent.com 3
mail.com 4352
mail.org 5
mindless.com 16
nightly.com 1
null.net 2
rocketship.com 1
scotlandmail.com 1
seductive.com 1
techie.com 2
unforgettable.com 5
usa.com 59
writeme.com 35
All these people requested to be on this list.
So, because your customers want to receive these emails you find it necessary
to block us?
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