[40599] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Affects of the balkanization of mail blacklisting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (M. David Leonard)
Tue Aug 14 10:09:11 2001
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:10:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: "M. David Leonard" <mdl@equinox.shaysnet.com>
To: measl@mfn.org
Cc: Johnny Eriksson <bygg@cafax.se>, nanog@merit.edu
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Folks,
Lottsa heat, very, very little light in this thread. Let's drop
it, OK?
David Leonard
ShaysNet
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 measl@mfn.org wrote:
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>
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Johnny Eriksson wrote:
>
> > J.A. Terranson wrote:
> >
> > > The SPAM problem goes up and down to be sure, but you know what? PROCMAIL
> > > is your friend. All you need to look for are the basics (ADV, Make Money,
> > > etc) and you can instatly filter 90 percent of this trash into the
> > > bitbucket.
> >
> > Oh, so it is OK to filter incoming mail if it contains ADV in the Subject:
> > line? Why, then, is it not OK to filter on a list of IP addresses?
> >
> > --Johnny
>
> You are missing my point. I am filtering for *me*, personally. I do not,
> and *will NOT* filter for users. As for filtering on IPs, I do that as
> well, mostly for ORBS/MAPS/Micro$oft like domains.
>
>
> --
> Yours,
> J.A. Terranson
> sysadmin@mfn.org
>
> If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
> should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
> Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
> unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
> the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and
> elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
> populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
> This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
> as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
>
> The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
> associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
> those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
> first place...
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