On Tuesday 22 October 2002 06:12 pm, Coles, Patrice M. wrote:

> Bellsouth did not have spammers on the part of their subnet that contains
> my addresses, so a listing of all of their address space *was* erroneous. 

uh - SPEWS lists one address.  Then it keeps increasing the space listed 
until the spammers are terminated.  If the spammers arent terminated, then 
SPEWS could eventually list all of Bell South space without being in error

> Ever heard of subnetting?  People who run these blacklists may find it
> convenient to deny the existence of it, but the rest of the world has
> pretty much gotten a grip on the fact that address space does get subnetted
> and someone in one part of that space doesn't necessarily have control of
> how the other part is used.  

The space is Bell South's space.  They control all of it 

>Bellsouth may be allowing spamming or not, 

so you havent bothered to determine whether the spammers are on Bell South AT 
ALL?  That's the first thing to check

but
> that still does not make it fair for these spam vigilantes to persecute the
> many for the sins of the few, or the ISP.

it's called a consumer boycott.  I wont accept traffic from ISPs who host 
spammers.  Dominos wont deliver to neighborhoods where drug dealers hang on 
the corner. deal.

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