I'v had similar problems as Alex with SPEW and also got the same reaction. They have serious attitude problem. And no, SBC is not using SPEW, I think they have their own blacklist based on actual incidents and I think they are smart enough not to put themselve under legal risks for using SPEW.
Overzealous to say the least (i.e. without using language used by people at spews
Uh...
Most of the people that were yelling at Alex probably had absolutely nothing to do with SPEWS. NANAE != SPEWS.
which by itself should already say something about how professional they are). Its used primarily by very small sstem operators and I don't know any isp of any serious size (i.e. over 1000 users or domains) that is using them,
I believe SBC's ISPs are.
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