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--------------------------------- <blockquote> Subject: [easynet.nl] HEADS UP - The easynet blacklists will be discontinued Dec 1 2003 S.P.Q.N.A.N.A.E atque N.I.M. (tinspqnaneatquenim), The easynet blacklists/spamfilters (blackholes.easynet.nl, proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl, dynablock.easynet.nl, spamdomains.blackholes.easynet.nl, and the easynet spamlists) will be discontinued starting Dec 1 2003. The zonefiles and associated files will be 'zero-sized' on that day. The domains will continue to resolve for a long time, but they will contain nothing more than the test records (127.0.0.2 and example.com), so they will not catch anything. Holy Crap! - Yep. FAQ? - Sure. Are you being DDos'ed out of existence? - Nope. They probably tried. We didn't even notice it. Are you being sued? - Nope. They probably tried. We didn't even notice it. Are you being threatened? - Frankly, we will miss that part. Are you tired? - Damn right. Are you giving up? - That is not the right word. There are plenty of fine blacklists, and new ones spring up every day. The wirehub/easynet lists served their purpose, but others may serve that purpose equally well. Isn't this all kinda sudden? - Yes. Sometimes, you just know that it's time to say goodbye. And the moment you know it, you must do it. Running blacklists on anything less than 100% motivation and energy is not how it should be done. Anything else? - Sure. These blacklists were maintained by a single person, all of them. Every day. Listings, delistings, finding new DSL/cable ranges, finding new open proxies, writing better scripts, handling all email, running statistics, publishing overviews, providing rsync areas, DNS tranfers. You name it. TINW. There's an I. And I want my life back, at least a little ;) Life? - Yes. Maybe not as we know it. Over the past 3-4 years, the maintainer of these lists has worked 7 days a week, 10-12 hours a day running these lists and handling all tasks and email associated with them. Not a single day has passed without at least processing delisting requests (the bare minimum). And then there was the day job (which was really nothing more than running an ISP's server farm - peanuts, it's FreeBSD). Is that all? - There's more to it, but the details do not really concern you. Let's just say that the integrity of these lists might have been in jeopardy in the long run. There are two cardinal sins when it comes to blacklists: 1. putting/keeping someone on them who should not be - 2. not putting someone on them who really should be. Avoiding '1' is a matter of discipline and a thick skin. Avoiding '2' is a matter of being totally independent from all pressures surrounding you. Avoiding '2' has become increasingly difficult, and we'd rather stop with our integrity fully intact and our reputation unharmed. That is about now. Well, next week. We? - Yes, dropping that habit will take some time ;) Will you be back? - Probably. Lurking. Will you miss us? - Depends on how well target practice goes. Should we give up The Good Fight? - Hell no, we're winning. There's plenty of enthusiasm, and there are plenty of new and old blacklists doing fine work. Take your pick. Keep fighting. Fight for your spam laws. Educate. Annoy. Sue if you must. It's up to you now. Is there anything we can do? - Yes. Spread the word, please. Post to your local/national abuse groups, inform anyone you know who uses these lists, update your configurations. Nothing will break after Dec 1, but there will come a day when these names (including the old Wirehub ones, which still resolve) will cease to resolve. This will probably be announced. Will the lists be back under a different name? - Probably not. It started out as 'doing some extra work to stop spam', because .. well .. FreeBSD and such, plenty of time left. And why not donate that work to the Internet community as well. In the long run. it turned out to be 'getting some sleep and maybe something to eat between emails and zone updates'. Sometimes, enough is just enough. Can't you just maintain one or two of the lists? - What did I just say? I have a question! - The email address will probably work throughout December. It may drop dead after that. Hope I won't. Goodbye all. It was invigorating, it was fun, it was necessary. Don't give up. Ben. -- easynet.nl abuse handling dept. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - blacklists/dnsbls: http://abuse.easynet.nl/spamstats.html - - aup: http://www.nl.easynet.net/pub/av/aup/nl (dutch) ------ - aup: http://www.nl.easynet.net/pub/av/aup/en (english) ---- </blockquote> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
