2008/7/30 Stanislav Malyshev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I hate spam as much as the next guy - probably more, since I have to keep > publicly available mailing addresses for my job. But at the end it comes to > the point where people who have nothing to do with spam or all those > arguments around how to handle spam - they get harmed. They get their mails > lost and their business disrupted. And when this happens and RBL people take > position of "we'll just block whatever we want and until everybody complies > with our demands we'll not move" then it is time to remind them they are not > kings of the world either. If they do more harm then good, then it's time to > show them the door. Blocking whole countries is no solution for spam and > whoever does this is just behaving childishly and irresponsibly. I do not > believe anybody seriously thinks the users will be better off getting no > email from any Israeli address at all. > >
I know that the Chinese are often blocked, as are a few select smaller nations with smart but underpaid techies, such as Romania and Pakistan. While I don't condone the practice, I understand the reasoning behind it. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
