Michael Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >At 03:04 PM 4/26/2002, Dan MacDonald wrote: > > > >Excluding trolls the people may differ on the rules and methods > >used by different iterations of RBLs but agreement on the need for such is > >universal. > > >Speaking of trolling, you've hooked me. I will rise to the bait and beg to >differ. While I know that others on this list disagree, I'd be more >inclined to say that the use of RBLs is universally misguided at best. >
Mea Culpa, my use of the word "universal" was way too broad a brush. I'm sure I misrepresented Bills comment too. Better to say that much of the pro-RBL argument is supported by the problem of permanence in local blacklists. >You don't have to agree with me, you don't even have to acknowledge that >some mail admins think they cause to much collateral damage to be worth >using. I happen to think that these services are not the universal >necessity that you're suggesting. > You're obviously not alone in your thinking here. There is certainly a variety of views by users and admins alike. This is where multiple RBLs with different levels of screening are useful. Admins have the option to not use blacklisting, filter only open relays or get agressive and whitelist addresses that can't live with the collateral damage. >However, I suggest that the same skepticism properly used to evaluate the >claims of tobacco scientists be applied to those who say 'we're going to >block mail for you, but it's only going to be mail you don't want'. You >might find that that position isn't such a great troll after all. > Along with the smaller communities that Bill mentioned users would have the choices necessary to get the type of service they require. Filtering shouldn't be crammed down users throats any more than the spam they're being force fed. Dan ############################################################# 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]>
