Re: emailreg.org - pretty good white list

[Marc Perkel]

Rob McEwen wrote: Bob O'Brien wrote: But I have to say (and this is just my personal opinion) that all the people shouting "conspiracy!" (even if joking about it) may have done irreparable harm to the potential for corporations (not just Barracuda) supporting this community in the future. Bob, Someone I have great respect for has vouched to me (off-list) that he has inside personal knowledge of emailreg.org and that he knows for 100% positive that this is well run, very ethically run, and NOT pay-for-play (or something like that--still trying to figure that last one out a bit). Nevertheless, given this person's confidential assessment, I am now convinced that there are honest and altruistic intentions behind emailreg.org and I'm convinced that those running it must be highly ethical and competent. (I'm still distrustful of the _quality_ of ANY whitelist which involves payment even if the intentions are honorable, but that is just my personal taste.) However, Bob... regarding your comment above, you have your own self (& associates) to blame. The things that have made people suspicious were real and noteworthy and did NOT take a nutcase to jump to harsh conclusions. Then, when these things were pointed out across several threads spanning many, many months--it was at first like pulling teeth to get answers. Finally, the answers that did eventually come forth were initially somewhat cryptic and evasive, which only pored gasoline on the fire, imo. If it were not for that off-list vote of confidence from someone I greatly trust, I'd still have lingering and suspicious questions. (or maybe not since I starting to fatigue on this subject.) I think people on this list have a bad feeling about paid for lists perhaps because of lists like UCEProtect that runs a really sloppy blacklist and wants money to get delisted. I see no reason that everything has to be free. Ultimately we all have to eat and we do something to make a living. There are people in the world who are both ethical and financially successful. So if someone is toing something right and making a buck at it I don't have a problem with that. And - getting back to the technology issue, the list seems to work well. I was just wondering how the list was working for other people here?