[30491] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: surge in spam email (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Charlap)
Wed Aug 9 11:09:47 2000
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Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:08:02 -0400
From: David Charlap <david.charlap@marconi.com>
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Ben Beuchler wrote:
>
> I think when we actually start using blackhole lists (within the
> month) we will select DUL and outputs.orbs.org. I expect that
> combination to significantly reduce our spam volume.
It should work.
Just keep in mind that your use of ORBS may result in blocking a large
amount of legitimate traffic as well as spam.
If you and your customers don't have a problem with this, go for it.
-- David
