Re: ZQT, spread his arms

Nick> Hey all, If that's the case, why don't we hook up to one of Nick> the RBLs? That ought to get rid of almost all of the spam we Nick> see on this list... (1) RBLs suck. They're about "guilty until proven innocent." I've been RBL'd twice (not by the real RBL, but by one of the more aggressive wannabes) on the basis (apparently) of forged Received headers. AFAICT most spam comes from dialup/DSL addresses anyway, which means that you either ban whole netblocks or you can't do much with them except prevent the legit user who gets assigned that IP next from sending us mail. (2) RBLs suck bandwidth like crazy, and chew up CPU cycles and memory blocking until they return. Neither of these is polite to our host. In general, we have to think of ourselves as a common carrier. We should not do many things that are perfectly reasonable for an individual user. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.