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The Spam Problem: Moving Beyond RBLs
whirlycott writes "I just published a paper called The Spam Problem: Moving Beyond RBLs on my site. I comprehensively describe RBLs and list eight specific problems with them. I also get into ideas that next generation antispam system creators should read. I hope that this will be useful to anybody who is attending the Spam Conference at MIT on Jan 17th."
The author seems to be upset that innocent third-parties are being inconvenienced by black-hole lists. Tough shit. If it takes a thousand back-hoes cutting every Internet link to South Korea, China, Russia and other spam havens, to suppress spam, I will chip in for the diesel fuel. These ISPs don't care about spam and I don't care if they get BGP'd off the face of the Earth, along with any legitimate users they might serve.
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I don't get spam. At all. Despite my email address being posted to usenet groups regularly and being available on web sites.
If you're still getting spam, and whining about it, you really need to start thinking about how competent you are with respect to information technology and perhaps, maybe, it isn't the right profession for you.
There are many anti-spam technologies available and you know what? Some of them even work.
Government of the people, by corporate executives, for corporate profits.
I know that Spamcop has blocked Declan McCullagh's politech mailing list several times, in revenge against Rackspace.com. Only bad press has made them stop. Their blocks have had no effect on Rackspace. They have only created bad press.
Spamcop is just as bad as the others. However, it seems the users of such lists always think the list they are using isn't irresponsible. They often stop using the list when they learn of its irresponsibility. However, for some reason, this doesn't seem to motivate the blacklists to act responsibly.