[40549] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Affects of the balkanization of mail blacklisting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J Bacher)
Sun Aug 12 11:59:02 2001
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:57:45 -0500 (CDT)
From: J Bacher <jb@jbacher.com>
To: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> Which brings me to another point that's been eating at me since maps went
> commercial... DUL seemed like more of a community effort than RBL or RSS.
> Many entries were added by people volunteering their own information with
> the idea that it was for the "common good". I for one, feel shafted that
> this list to which I contributed, is only available if I choose to pay a
> sizable amount of money.
MAPS is not the first organization to charge for a 'community' service and
won't be the last.
Supplying your netblocks to MAPS does not pay the light bill. Or the
employees. Or the attorneys.
> As for MAPS working out deals for smaller customers, I've not yet received
> any replies from their sales kritters, which I will interpret as a "NO".
You've called them and not just emailed them, yes?
