RE: [cobalt-users] German ISPs (was: dip.t-dialin.net IP Range)

["Cavan Kelly" <cavan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >
> > I daresay they would be alot less happy if it were happening to them on
> > a large scale or, as others and myself have opined, a concerted,
> > coordinated effort to blackhole their routes came about.
>
> FWIW, was back(seems a 1000 years ago) I was a member of a small
> group(200) of sysadmins that ran fidonet<>internet gateway systems.
> Juno came online, and the spam went through the roof.
>
> So, 200 of us blocked all mail to/from juno and notified them of same.
>
> Didnt take too long before they actually set up a system to report spam
> and penalize their users for sending it....and emailed all of us to that
> effect.
>
> Was our position harsh? Yes.  Did we loose legit traffic? Yes. Did we make
> a change at their end? Yes.   So, maybe your idea has merit.

I did the fidonet thing for a while... geez must be 20 years ago now.

I'd be interested in following along - even helping out - if something was
to get rolling on this idea.

A week or so ago, someone was asking about CI Host.  I replied that I had
good success with support but the connectivity was problematic.  Your post
has reminded me of another problem with them... Hotmail had blocked traffic
from them.  My customers could get mail from Hotmail accounts but couldn't
reply.

Cavan Kelly