SPEWS?

Thu Jun 20 20:48:13 UTC 2002

it may have slipped a little but..

the original point was that spews blocked larger IP ranges than was being
used purely by the spammer affecting other customers

and

they could not be contacted to declare the ip range a spam free zone again

otherwise I agree with your comments..

Steve

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Geo. wrote:

> 
> > Can't find the terrorists you're looking for so start killing bystanders
> > until someone submits? Sounds militia to me.
> >
> > The service providers are not the enemies. If you treat them like enemies
> > then enemies they will become.
> 
> Folks, I've been watching this discussion and holding my fingers but now I
> have to speak.
> 
> I am a postmaster for a state wide ISP and we maintain our own blacklist
> along with usage of one other public blacklist, the spamcop blacklist.
> 
> Why spamcop and not spews? Simple, the problem is spammers and open relays
> and that's what we need to deal with. If we can solve that problem without
> relying on the ISP to find and close every open relay then it will work
> better for us and it will be better for the ISP's.
> 
> Remember the idea is to eliminate the spam so the rest of us can enjoy the
> internet.
> 
> Geo.
> 
> 