> On Jul 11, 2020, at 6:33 AM, Riccardo Alfieri <riccardo.alfi...@spamteq.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> On 10/07/20 22:51, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> 
>> 
>> That’s unrealistic. Many ISPs these days that aren’t the “big boys” with 
>> dedicated staff for every facet of ISP operations, they are one and two man 
>> shops running WISPs in rural areas or developing countries. It’s not the 
>> 90’s anymore. It’s a terrible default, even home users should have to take 
>> an effort to enable a commercial service.
> I'm not going to make comments about running an ISP without a basic knowledge 
> of email/hosting/networking

Wow, nice sales pitch my man! I will definitely recommend they sign up.

>> And spamhaus should just replace the sales pitch email with instructions on 
>> how to comment their stuff out if they don’t want small ISPs (a small 
>> business, actually!) to use it. :)
> 
> Excuse me but isn't it at least "fair" that, if you use a service provided by 
> others for commercial purposes, you pay for that service that contributes to 
> your income?

Then it shouldn’t be free for “small businesses”. Having spam-free mailboxes 
will enhance their ability to conduct business, no? Or does your product not 
provide value.

> And I don't know where you got a quote of "hundreds of dollars per month" for 
> 1000 mailboxes, but it's not really the case if you use DQS.

No idea what DQS is, nor do I care. The quote was from a sales rep. But the 
Spamhaus pitch was laughably expensive for less than 1,000 mailboxes - much 
more than they make on those mailboxes.

C

> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Riccardo Alfieri
> 
> Spamhaus Technology
> https://www.spamhaustech.com/
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