[30495] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: surge in spam email (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roeland M.J. Meyer)
Wed Aug 9 12:21:57 2000
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From: "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: "'David Charlap'" <david.charlap@marconi.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:20:07 -0700
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Is Telstra still being blocked?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On
Behalf Of
> David Charlap
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:08 AM
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: surge in spam email (fwd)
>
>
>
> 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
