RE: [cobalt-users] OT ** ORBZ **

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > Amazing...wonder when someone who is listed in SPEWS who is not a 
> > spammer will take them to task legally for restraint of trade.
> 
> I've never come across an orbs/orbz type of system that played fair.
> 
> The operators are all so focussed on shutting down servers 
> that they don't care if they err on the side of too much.
> 
> I guess you have to be that religious about it or you 
> wouldn't spend the time/money to do it.
> 
SPEWS doesn't block anything, nor does any list. It's just a list. Use
it as you see fit. SPEWS posts explanations for all the listings.
Judging by the whines in news:news.admin.net-abuse.email from those
listed there, it's having the desired effect on hosting services that
take no action on their spamming customers. Unfortunately there's
collateral damage to the non-spamming customers, but if you live next
door to a crack house, don't expect Pizza Hut to deliver, or the rest of
the Internet to want to accept traffic from your neighborhood. SPEWS is
a last resort to force hosts to behave or to end up with an Intranet.
When hosts find their only customers are spammers, liars and thieves,
they can make the choice to stay in that business or "play nice" with
the rest of the Internet and keep their honest customers.
-- 
Dan Kriwitsky

 


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