On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 up@3.am wrote:
When you're dealing with what some people refer to as "tier 1 providers" (I'll just say really big networks), this can be counter-productive. From what I've seen the following providers have been notoriously unresponsive to spam complaints (apologies if any of this is dated):
UUnet (Worldcom) Sprint
Yeahbut the only blocklist I know of that is blocking all of Sprintlink is spambag. And again, folks... we're discussing SPEWS here, not spambag. And yes, spambag is an extremely aggressive list that its homepage specifically *states* is a personal blacklist. If you're foolish enough to use an overly aggressive blacklist that was never intended for public use, sorry, but you don't *deserve* to talk to half the Internet. Is SPEWS blocking all of Sprint? All of ANY large provider, for that matter? -- Steve Sobol, CTO JustThe.net LLC, Mentor On The Lake, OH 888.480.4NET - I do my best work with one of my cockatiels sitting on each shoulder - 6/4/02:A USA TODAY poll found that 80% of Catholics advocated a zero-tolerance stance towards abusive priests. The fact that 20% didn't, scares me...