RE: [cobalt-users] Spam blocking

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I actually live in Australia and would be subject to 
> different law - likewise each person should consider their 
> own legal situation.

Considering that SORBS, one of the largest DNSBLs is run out of
Australia, I'll run your issue by Matthew Sullivan the operator and get
back to you on that.

> 
> While Australia Post does check for dangerous items, it does 
> not read peoples mail and determine what they should or 
> should not receive - I guess we live in a free country here, 
> and we also subscribe the theories of 'presumption of 
> innocence' and 'non discrimination' :)

Neither does a DNSBL, so the analogy is irrelevant. DNSBLs do not judge
the content as spam is about consent, not content.

> 
> Its a hot topic, I'm just suggesting caution.
> 

Caution is needed when 90% of the email traffic hitting my server is
spam, as a sample of the IPs run through openrbl.org proves and zero
contacts via the link provided in each and every rejection message. The
DNSBLs I use are protecting me from this flood.

-- 
C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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