Re: OT: mail server blocked

On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 03:41 PM, Dennis Gearon wrote:
> What would be a more friendly blocking message would be an invitation
> to be on the white list. I've seen a very slowly increasing trend for
> that. My prognostication talent says this is the wave of the future.

I'm sure most spammers would *love* to be invited onto whitelists! If
they can automate being added, even better! :-)

Personally, I block with bl.spamcop.net, so it's dynamic based on who
is sending spam "right now" (or in the last 48 hours).... wanadoo IP's
show up all the time, but it's not a network-wide-block.

<soapbox>
Or, even better: get an ISP who's not spam-friendly? I'm frustrated
that users of spam-friendly ISP's somehow think it's the problem of the
black/whitelist, or a problem at the recipient's end, since the
*source* of the problem is at the ISP who thinks nothing of polluting
the internet with 419 scams, donkey porn, and herbal viagra.

Get a good ISP, and never worry about being blacklisted again!
</soapbox>

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Yes, I block wanadoo.fr. Should I unblock it? I have it marked as
>> 'cronic' because i get lots of spam from there. Can I white-list only
>> your username?
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>> -----
>> Tony Grant wrote:
>>> Bruce,
>>> I replied to your post and my mail was blocked by your spam filter.
>>> Is it blocking Wanadoo?
>>> TIA

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