RE: [cobalt-users] OT : Webhosting Coalition

["Jeff Edwards" <Jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Kriwitsky wrote:

>It blocks tons of spam on my server.

As well as tons of legitimate email that you are unaware of.

>ISP's quickly find they can't shuffle spammers around and their /24 or
>larger will be blocked if they harbor spammers.

Interesting to note, SPEWS won't "Play Games" with the Larger/Largest ISP's
where the Bulk of SPAM comes from anyway. Know Why? Because the largest
ISP's have staff attorneys just waiting with a lawsuit for such an
interuption to their business.

>They respond very quickly to posts in news.admin.net-abuse.email

Agreed, they respond with crude 1-liners, just like you have done here!

>No, ever try to read the FAQ?

Yes, twice.

>Bingo. Wholesalebandwidth.com is a spamhaus. You may as well ask Pizza
>Hut to deliver to a crack house.

If that was true, then why stop there?  Why not block the entire IP address
space of Cogent & Verio, which are the ISP(s) that Wholesalebandwidth buys
connectivity from? If your accusation hold true, then isn't really the big
ISP(s) that are harboring the spamhaus?  NO, SPEWS won't risk the lawsuit by
messing with such a big ISP.

>No, because your ISP harbors spammers.

So you too are suggesting I switch providers? Put nearly 200 dedicated
server customers through an IP renumber and the downtime associated with
Name Server renumber propragation? ALL because of an Anonymous service with
no Legitimate contact info?  Where is the Logic with that?

>Then complain to Wholesalebandwidth.com.

I have and they are quick to remove SPAM customers. Doesn't get them
anywhere with SPEWS

>What anonymous newsgroup?

news.admin.net-abuse.email - Where most people use fake email addresses to
brag about how great SPEWS really is and to launch 1-liners similiar to how
you have responded to this thread.

>I bet you aren't getting a single email from SPEWS. You're getting email
>from people fed up with spam from Wholesalebandwidth.com customers.

Do you know who SPEWS is?
How do you know who is sending me SPAM because of my post to
news.admin.net-abuse.email?
Isn't what they are doing to me REALLY what they claim to be trying to
prevent?

>Works great here.

Another 1-liner.

>C2002 Dan Kriwitsky
>
>Please reply to the list only. Off list replies are not read.

I too use the filters within Outlook to filter most SPAM into a folder
called SPAM, which I simply empty on a regular basis.