Re: MAPS to require subscription for access

[Mark Hartman (<xns:=Mark Hartman>)]

At 12:09 AM -0700 7/16/01, Cerebus The Aardvark wrote:
>>On 7/14/01 7:08 PM, "Tom Wiebe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>  So what do we do now? We are running email just for our client's sites,
>>>  not a large list, and the $200/year subscription fee is a little pricey
>>>  for our needs. Are the new ORBS lists any better than the old one? i.e.
>>>  are they lists of mail servers that are misconfigured or are they lists
>>>  of mail servers that the owners of the list have a grudge with, like
>>>the
>>  > old ORBS list?
>
>I'm surprised there isn't more discussion of this.
>
>I think this is going to be a bad thing that backfires on MAPS.  The
>reason that MAPS is useful is that anyone can use it.  If I have to
>pay to use it (and I'm not about to pay since my mailserver does not
>generate money) then that's one less server that is blocking spam.
>Less blocked spam in general is a bad thing.

The other way that this is going to backfire on MAPS is in the accuracy
of their reporting.  It's the same phenomenon as a stalled vehicle on the
freeway; most people with cellphones won't report it nowadays because they
know that someone else probably already did.  While it's considerably less
bother to report a spammer to MAPS, I know that if I'm not going to get any
benefit out of MAPS that I certainly am not going to spend my time making
their database any better.

I frankly believe that services such as this should be paid for by a
surcharge on domain name registrations; $2/year/name should be plenty
to pay for this, and I think that that would be an entirely reasonable
fee, if the database was kept up accurately.  However, that's a big "if."



#############################################################
This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to
  the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Send administrative queries to  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>