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The truth about some blacklists:
Date:         Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:41:35 -0500
From:         "Robert A. Costner" <pooh@EFGA.ORG>
Sender:       Spam Prevention Discussion List <SPAM-L@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Subject:      Re: std.com: sigh...

At 09:16 AM 2/8/99 -0500, Rich Kulawiec wrote: 
>I'm not interested in using blacklists constructed based on personal vendettas, 
>I'm interested in using blacklists that stop spam. 

Then Rich, as noble as your intentions may be, you just don't understand 
the nature of blacklists and the people who create them. 

  -- Robert Costner                  Phone: (770) 402-3580 
     Electronic Frontiers Georgia    mailto:pooh@efga.org 
     http://www.efga.org/            run PGP 5.0 for my public key 

The judge said of comments made on the Internet: "I must say I know of no forum in which an individual citizen has the freedom to say what he likes and in any manner he wishes about another individual citizen with immunity from suit for all consequences." And so he made sure there wasn't.

Report on Domainz V. Alan Brown

 

More Information

  1. ISC.ORG involvement with SORBS
  2. SORBS involvement with SPEWS
  3. list-washing services (removing spam traps) for known spammer Scott Richter (OptInRealBig.com, etc)
  4. Exactis V. MAPS:

www.dotcomeon.com also has a substantial amount of information about blacklists.

The Internet Anti-Defamation League should not be confused with the Anti-Defamation League (www.adl.org)