Re: [cobalt-users] [isp-linux] Monkeys.com is down (fwd)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris L" <clathem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [isp-linux] Monkeys.com is down (fwd)


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerald Waugh" <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:32 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] [isp-linux] Monkeys.com is down (fwd)
>
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> >
> > This was posted over on the MimeDefang mailing list:
> >
> >
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http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2003-September/008303.html
> >
> > Sad news ;\
> >
>
> Definitely sad news to hear... I noticed this morning MailScanner was
> complaining about timeouts connecting to Monkeys, but thought it was
> probably a temporary outage. I guess its time to pull it from the DNSBL
> config.
>
> Chris
>
Unfortunately, anytime you have to rely on third parties to link to for
whatever service, we are held to their mercy. One thing the internet has
created is service cancellations. I did away with the DNSBLs after the first
closing.