Spam. Again.. -- and blocking net blocks?

Tue Dec 10 15:48:09 UTC 2002

On 10 Dec 2002, Nigel Titley wrote:

> > 2) Does anyone else see a HUGE problem with listing a /19 because there is
> > one /32 of a spam advertised website?  When did this start happening?
>
> Since SPEWS, with its complete lack of accountability, started being
> used by respectable spam blocking software. Yes, its a massive problem.

We had this problem a while back too.  One particular problem is that the
relays.osirusoft.com block-list - which seems to be used by an awful of
people -  aggregates data from several dozen sources, including spews.