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[Tarus Balog <tarus AT opennms.org>]

On Mar 18, 2004, at 2:00 PM, Don Rua wrote:

> They do not behave in any manner as a professional business or  
> responsible
> organization would.

I maintain numerous mailing lists with over 2500 subscribers. When  
SPEWS decided to blacklist a bank of Rackspace IPs, I went to their  
site to find out how to correct the mistake. I was greeted with "Shut  
yer trap, spam boy" and other such wonderful, professional comments.  
Once I got the new IP address, I sent out a notice to the list that if  
they used SPEWS, and we were blacklisted again, I would not make any  
effort to correct it.

My IP was also blacklisted by AOL. There was a link to a thoughtful  
page on how to get your IP removed, and one e-mail later the problem  
was corrected (still don't know why I was included - I do not run an  
open relay).

> Why I Won't Use SPEWS article:
> http://www.clapper.org/spam/spews.html

Preach on.

-T
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