[78662] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: sorbs.net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul G)
Tue Mar 15 16:13:57 2005
From: "Paul G" <paul@rusko.us>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:08:33 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gadi Evron" <ge@linuxbox.org>
To: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>
Cc: "Micah McNelly" <micah@style.net>; <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: sorbs.net
>
> >>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.
... and perfect if they want to become sentimental favourites with the
nanas/nanae crowd/mob, which is what they're shooting for imo. how about
they buy me a lollipop if i'm a service provider who just booted a spam
source and needs ip space delisted?
-p
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paul galynin
