[78640] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: sorbs.net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gadi Evron)
Tue Mar 15 13:15:59 2005
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:15:48 +0200
From: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
To: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>
Cc: Micah McNelly <micah@style.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <A206819EF47CBE4F84B5CB4A303CEB7A24272A@dul1wnexmb01.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>>From http://www.us.sorbs.net/faq/spamdb.shtml
>
> "Third and finally, if you are really not a spammer, or you are truly reformed, de-listing is relatively easy. You donate US$50 to a charity or trust approved by, and not connected with, SORBS for each spam received relating to the listing (This is known and refered to as the SORBS 'fine'). "
>
> That doesn't make a lot of sense. It's an interesting answer to
> the BotNet spamming problem, but not really a solution, IMHO.
It's just cynicism at it's best. I like people who can be smartasses
without being asses, but this is ridiculous if they want to be a serious
service, and cute if they are looking to make jokes.
Gadi.
