Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed?
At 03:08 PM 9/30/98 -0500, Sam Hayes Merritt, III wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Barry Shein wrote:
We've been having increasing problems with one or more porn sites in the .to domain promoting itself by massive spamming of AOL customers using one of our domains in their From: header thus causing both complaints to us and thousands of bounces from AOL due to bad AOL addresses in their spam lists.
About a year ago, I asked Vixie if he would RBL porn sites. I might have supported the RBL if there were a moral high ground. He said no. --Dean P.S. Barry, I do feel sorry for you. Perhaps you should just refuse spam complaints, and try to get them to stop using your domains. Instead of stealing a domain, all the spammers need to do is change their addresses to uucp style addresses, and their mail will likely be accepted, and bounces shouldn't leave the system. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Plain Aviation, Inc dean@av8.com LAN/WAN/UNIX/NT/TCPIP http://www.av8.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
At 10:28 PM 9/30/98 -0400, Dean Anderson wrote:
At 03:08 PM 9/30/98 -0500, Sam Hayes Merritt, III wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Barry Shein wrote:
We've been having increasing problems with one or more porn sites in the .to domain promoting itself by massive spamming of AOL customers using one of our domains in their From: header thus causing both complaints to us and thousands of bounces from AOL due to bad AOL addresses in their spam lists.
About a year ago, I asked Vixie if he would RBL porn sites. I might have supported the RBL if there were a moral high ground. He said no.
And rightfully so. Prudish issues aside, it would have *lost* him the moral high-ground he now enjoys. The criteria is clear, anti-spam, not baby-sitting consenting adults. Since you live in the USA, you should understand what the first amendment is about. But, this is *wwwaaaayyyyyy* off topic, by light-years, and I'll say no more about it here. See me in NetMail.
P.S. Barry, I do feel sorry for you. Perhaps you should just refuse spam complaints, and try to get them to stop using your domains. Instead of stealing a domain, all the spammers need to do is change their addresses to uucp style addresses, and their mail will likely be accepted, and bounces shouldn't leave the system.
We don't accept uucp here. ___________________________________________________ Roeland M.J. Meyer, ISOC (InterNIC RM993) e-mail: <mailto:rmeyer@mhsc.com>rmeyer@mhsc.com Internet phone: hawk.mhsc.com Personal web pages: <http://www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer>www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer Company web-site: <http://www.mhsc.com/>www.mhsc.com/ ___________________________________________ I bet the human brain is a kludge. -- Marvin Minsky
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