Mark, Boy, you were right. That list is full of em.
Phil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Smith Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spews is incompetent (well, overzealous at least) Right, the only way to "talk" to them is through the abuse newsgroup. The problem is that you have to deal with the comments from the millions of other As* Hol** on that group. I love the comments like "Well just move to another ISP". Yeah right and have to re-configure hundreds of IP addresses in DNS records, ASP, PHP, routing, etc.. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Phillip B. Holmes > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 7:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spews is incompetent (well, > overzealous at least) > > > Mark, > > I may be off base here, but I am almost positive that > spews.org offers no way of communicating with people. There > is no way to contact them. > > Regards, > > Phillip B. Holmes > Media Resolutions Inc. > Macromedia Alliance Partner > http://www.mediares.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1-888-395-4678 > 972-889-0201 > > /* Please send support requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] */ > > Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.--- Chinese Proverb > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Smith > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spews is incompetent (well, > overzealous at least) > > > Here Here! > > I'm not defending them at all but they really should use > something other then that kiddy farm newsgroup to communicate > with. I really think that's half of their perception problem. > > Of course their guerilla tactics don't help! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Phillip B. > > Holmes > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:03 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spews is incompetent (well, > > overzealous at least) > > > > > > Well, > > > > Nah, they're incompetent, overzealous and irresponsible. Did I say > > that out loud? > > > > I feel like I did my part. Today we helped convinced > another mid-sized > > provider (http://www.OLM.com) to stop using spews completely. They > > implemented spews on 02/03/03 and by 02/05/03 it was gone. > > However, I can't take all the credit. There were PLENTY of > > ticked off users and admins reading them the riot act. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Phillip B. Holmes > > Media Resolutions Inc. > > Macromedia Alliance Partner > > http://www.mediares.com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 1-888-395-4678 > > 972-889-0201 > > > > /* Please send support requests to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] */ > > > > Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.--- > Chinese Proverb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Colbeck, > > Andrew > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:02 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Spews is incompetent (well, > overzealous at > > least) > > > > > > Check out this article if you haven't already. > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29159.html > > The link to the Newsgroup message thread for pro vs. con is worth a > read, and includes some gems. > > The short of it is that spews.org often lists a much bigger netblock > than they need to, on the philosophy that users of their system prefer > to not deal at all with an ISP that is receiving income by hosting a > spammer. > > For similar reasons, even though it's a pretty darn big ISP through > acquisitions, my ISP is listed in XBL and BLARS for a very small > number of spammer infractions. > > I use OSSRC but give it a relatively low weight due to the > likelihood of > throwing the baby out with the bathwater. > > Andrew. > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. 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