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Re: Spam (un)blocking

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Wed Apr 6 15:10:00 2005

Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:09:34 -0700
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@cybernothing.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <dd696454d5ed132c84d69376ca0a30e8@gotlinux.us>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


On 04/06/05, Adam Jacob Muller <adam@gotlinux.us> wrote: 

> Firstly, what is the best way to remove myself from each of these 
> blacklists, if there is anything aside from going to each one 
> individually and saying "i'm not spamming anymore".

	Right now, that's about it -- but many folks only do temporary
	blocking based on recent traffic patterns, so you can also just 
	wait a few days and I bet some of the problem will go away.

> Second, is there some way to mark my block of addresses is owned by 
> responsible responsive system administrators.

	If there was, the spammers would be the first to adopt it.

> We have tech support on duty 24/7 and abuse complaints are dealt with 
> in a timely manner, so I am wondering if there is a way to communicate 
> our willingness to help in the fight against spam.

	http://www.maawg.org/ is probably the best industry group
	focused on these issues right now.

-- 
J.D. Falk                           As a carpenter bends the seat of a chariot
<jdfalk@cybernothing.org>                    I bend this frenzy round my heart.

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