Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-11-19 Thread Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator
Am 08.10.14 um 23:07 schrieb John R. Dennison: On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 05:04:45PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Well, no: they tell me that they are *billed* for each major incident. There is a legal term that applies to this use case: extortion AFAIK IX is not billing They do a

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-11-19 Thread Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator
Am 19.11.14 um 15:31 schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote: Am 08.10.14 um 23:07 schrieb John R. Dennison: On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 05:04:45PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Well, no: they tell me that they are *billed* for each major incident. There is a legal term

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-10 Thread Always Learning
On Wed, 2014-10-08 at 15:58 -0500, John R. Dennison wrote: On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 04:04:49PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: b) What assurance do I have that whoever I chose won't wind up with the same problem, given that, as I mentioned, a dozen years ago, they were blocking a good

[CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread m . roth
John accused me of complaining about systemd... this here's *real* complaining. Several times every month, my email starts getting bounced by freakin' nixspam, because my giant hosting provider, that hosts millions of domains. Akemi has argued that nixspam works just fine (if so, then why did we

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:48:16 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Several times every month, my email starts getting bounced by freakin' nixspam, I have seen you post this complaint here several times before. It would probably be easier on your blood pressure to simply post to this mailing list

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread m . roth
Frank Cox wrote: On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:48:16 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Several times every month, my email starts getting bounced by freakin' nixspam, I have seen you post this complaint here several times before. Yup. It would probably be easier on your blood pressure to simply post

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:04:49 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: a) I will not use gmail. End of that suggestion. Ok. There are numerous other providers available. I'm sure you can find them as easily as I can. You also have the rcn.com email address in your whois record. b) What assurance do I

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread m . roth
Frank Cox wrote: On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:04:49 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: a) I will not use gmail. End of that suggestion. Ok. There are numerous other providers available. I'm sure you can find them as easily as I can. You also have the rcn.com email address in your whois record.

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 04:04:49PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: b) What assurance do I have that whoever I chose won't wind up with the same problem, given that, as I mentioned, a dozen years ago, they were blocking a good part of the city of Chicago? Umm, that's actually hardly true

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 04:50:56PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: By the way, IX, the German magazine that runs nixspam, doesn't respond to emails, either. *THEY* are the problem, not my hosting provider (which, their support tells me, does work with nixspam, and pays a nice chunk of change

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread John R Pierce
On 10/8/2014 1:50 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Wait, I have*what*? How did you find that? I mean, the last time I was on rcn was, I think, '09, if not '03. you should update your domain registration, then... $ whois 5-cent.us [Querying whois.nic.us] [whois.nic.us] Domain Name:

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread m . roth
John R. Dennison wrote: On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 04:04:49PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: b) What assurance do I have that whoever I chose won't wind up with the same problem, given that, as I mentioned, a dozen years ago, they were blocking a good part of the city of Chicago? Umm, that's

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread m . roth
John R. Dennison wrote: On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 04:50:56PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: By the way, IX, the German magazine that runs nixspam, doesn't respond to emails, either. *THEY* are the problem, not my hosting provider (which, their support tells me, does work with nixspam, and pays

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: On 10/8/2014 1:50 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Wait, I have*what*? How did you find that? I mean, the last time I was on rcn was, I think, '09, if not '03. you should update your domain registration, then... Crap. I thought I did that a couple of years ago. I'll try

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 05:04:45PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Well, no: they tell me that they are *billed* for each major incident. There is a legal term that applies to this use case: extortion John -- Perhaps the sentiments

Re: [CentOS] Actual complaining: nixspam

2014-10-08 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:50:56 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Wait, I have *what*? How did you find that? I mean, the last time I was on rcn was, I think, '09, if not '03. Type whois 5-cent.us into your terminal and see what you get. If that email address is indeed out of date, then I think