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SPEWS Adds DSL Reports to Block List

Posted by timothy on from the but-they're-good-guys dept.

Kylow writes "Last year, Slashdot publicized our efforts at DSL Reports to pursue a group of spammers who had spammed our forums. The Slashdot community immediately pitched in to help, and the publicity wiped the sites owned by the spammers off the internet. Fast-forward to today, and the popular yet often draconian block-list SPEWS has added DSL Reports to their blocklist due to the activities of other websites hosted on NAC.net. DSL Reports users are less than happy. This is hardly the first time SPEWS has been accused of going too far."

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  1. Re:The problem with lists like SPEWS... by geminidomino · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    SPEWS lists addresses because they think ISPs should block them. If nobody blocked them, they wouldn't bother listing them. Hence, SPEWS listing causes web addresses to be blocked. Therefore, SPEWS blocks sites, and does not "only give advice".
    What a lovely mixture of the obvious and the clueless. Of course they wouldn't list it if nobody used it. That's like saying slashdot wouldn't have a site if no one read it. Thanks for pointing that out to us, Sherlock. That doesn't change the fact that it's just advice, until someone shows up at your NOC, points a gun at your Admin, and says "block using SPEWS or I'll blow your brains out." As for the "clueless", you might want to look up the difference between an IP address and a "web" address. Hint: "Web" != "Internet" and "Internet" != "Web".
  2. ADMINS: please stop using SPEWS to block... by Nijika · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    As we've all seen over the past couple of years, using SPEWS as a mechanism to block spam is very dangerous . You're gonna lose legit mail if you use them, because their filters are way, way, way too broad[1]. In the case of spews, I would use them in conjunction with something like SpamAssasin to assign a score e-mails rather than outright block them.

    Please, please stop using SPEWS to block!

    [1] - Any time you see /16's and /12's and stuff blocked, that's way to freakin' broad.

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  3. Re:Am I my keeper's brother? by Desdinova_NJ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just for fun lets apply this logic and the SPEW method to this very post.... "..think the black girl.." this quote mean you are racisist, why else would you feel the need to mention the race of person? this is enough proof for me, it is decided and there is no appeal. Now since you are racist and you are posting here it is no offical ALL slashdot posters are racicist. Let the boycots begin until eveyone gets slashdot to kick you out of here, then we will continue boycotting because they should've stopped you before you posted. Now i will divirge from the SPEWS method in that i am posting this in my name and actually expect to held accountable for my wild accuastaions..