Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 22.04.10 13:53, n.frank...@gmail.com wrote: >> For reference the SORBS issue is still ongoing, my ISP (BT) is >> working hard to resolve it. >> >> I mentioned in one of my posts how UC (UCPROTECT) were also an issue. >> >> They seem to have taken entire netblocks and are demanding 20Euro's >> per year to remove individual IP's > > UCEPROTECT has three levels of listing, from single IP (L1) to whole > autonomous system (L3). L2 lists /24 and above (allocated) range. > L2 and L3 are escalations based on % of spamming (L1-listed) IPs. > While L2 and L3 should not be used at SMTP time, some people do it.
Which should really only be causing them more trouble than it is worth. >> Does anyone have any information about this and in particular any law >> enforcement involvement since this smacks of extortion to me. > > I guess it's quite hard to enforce a law here. Maybe if you'd prove > that they provide false/fake informations, and they somehow advise > people to block acording to that false informations. Anyone is free to take them to court (e.g. ask for an injunction). /Per Jessen, Zürich
