this is not without precedent.. Anyone from Cable and Wireless listening? If I remember correctly, Cable and Wireless was blocked last year or earlier this year by a similiar ploy. And I also seem to remember them making major complaints over on the SPAM-L list.. Later, J
-----Original Message----- From: Leo Bicknell [mailto:bicknell@ufp.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:30 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: williams spamhaus blacklist
In a message written on Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:14:04PM -0400, alex@pilosoft.com wrote:
The moment they started blacklisting IPs that never sent spam. (AKA williams corporate mail servers).
For those who care:
http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL10731
I quote:
] WilTel Communications Group's Corporate Mail Relays ] Continued hosting of Eddy Marin spam gang and others have caused this ] listing. Previous warnings and spam reports had no effect.
So, they have decided since WilTil has one (alleged?) spammer customer none of wiltel should be allowed to send or receive e-mail anymore.
The complete list of Williams issues is at:
http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=wcg
As per usual, no amount of collateral damage is deemed unacceptable.
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