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Open Replacement For MAPS?

Posted by timothy on from the a-slightly-holy-grail dept.

quackPOT asks: "Is there anyone with an open database similar to the MAPS DUL list? Now that MAPS charges for service, I either have to pay (which ain't gonna happen) or deal with the spam from direct client connections from crappy dial-ups. One of MAPS excuses for charging was the overhead cost of network bandwidth/etc/whatever. Why not distribute mirrors to other networks to reduce the amount of strain on their servers?"

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  1. Several orbs/maps replacements by kneecap · · Score: 4, Informative

    here are some websites for replacements of ORBS and or MAPS

    http://www.orbl.org/ Open Relay Black List of Phoenix, AZ
    http://www.orbz.gst-group.co.uk/orbs/ Open Relay Block Zone (ORBZ), of Basingstoke, England
    http://www.ordb.org/ the Open Relay Database (ORDB), of Aarhus, Denmark
    http://www.orbz.org/ Open Relay Blackhole Zones (ORBZ) Nassau, NY

    also look at this prior slashdot story about ORBS (Open Relay Behavior-Modification System) forking :http://slashdot.org/articles/01/07/02/1540210.sht ml
    here is a list of the DNS zones:
    or.orbl.org
    relays.ordb.org
    orbz.gst-group.co.uk
    manual.orbz.gst-group.co.uk
    inputs.orbz.org
    outputs.orbz.org

  2. Free for Individuals by waldoj · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't forget that MAPS is free for individuals' mail servers. It only costs if your server is for a business. This sounds wholly reasonable for me.

    -Waldo