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On Futureproofing Spamhaus

BMcWilliams writes "Spamhaus director Steve Linford announced a new funding plan Tuesday. According to Linford's announcement, large ISPs and big corporate users of the Spamhaus zone transfer service (renamed the Spamhaus Data Feed Service) will be required to pay an annual subscription fee ranging between $190 and $14,500.(The free public-query mirrors will continue to exist.) The point of the new plan is to ensure that 'the millions of users who rely on our anti-spam systems can be assured we'll be here for as long as spammers plague the Internet'."

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  1. email by rd4tech · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they should send an email to everyone requesting those $$$ :)

  2. I'll fund them for life... by bhmit1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just as soon as this $54Mil bank transfer goes through for this poor Nigerian widow.

  3. Re:Self-eliminating business model. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's more penises than you can shake a stick at.

  4. Re:Self-eliminating business model. by shaitand · · Score: 4, Funny

    Okay, that covers my account. How much does everyone else get in their hotmail account?

  5. Literally... by Angry+Black+Man · · Score: 4, Funny

    "$190 and $14,500"

    This takes the sound bite "prices may vary" to a new level.

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  6. World governments by waynemcdougall · · Score: 4, Funny
    However, several large users, including world governments, have voiced their opinions that they love what Spamhaus has done

    Gee, I leave my tinfoil hat off for just one lousy week and there's not just one but multiple world governments. I was just getting to grips with overthrowing a few national governments.

    Do I get to choose which world government I'm under? Given the choice I, for one, would like to welcome my new illuminati overlords.

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  7. No Need by Robmonster · · Score: 2, Funny

    They already have access to all those emails desperately trying to give away $3.5M . They have all the funding they'll ever need....

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