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AOL Placed on Spam Blacklist

Posted by Zonk on from the it-wasn't-there-before? dept.

Hacker-X writes "According to this item over at Spam Kings, AOL has had a large swath of its IP addresses added to the Mail Abuse Prevention Systems (MAPS) Real-time Blackhole List (RBL). The RBL is used by many corporations and large ISPs to filter spam. MAPS evidently started blocking the AOL mail servers less than 24 hours after filing a complaint with AOL's abuse desk. The block was initiated in response to spam emanating from AOL mail servers."

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  1. Won't miss them by Danimoth · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't want to hear from anyone who uses AOL anyways.

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    1. Re:Won't miss them by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 2, Funny

      and a sign of how that solution to the problem is part of the problem.

      Yeah, newbies being given crappy software.

  2. A.O. What? by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is that where spammers go when they've been bad? AOL?

    now if we could just seal the whole thing up in duct tape then we'd be done with the whole problem!

    But what about the innocent users? havent they suffered enough? they're on AOL for gods sake.

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  3. What ???? by baomike · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean AOL isn't the only one forwarding spam?

  4. And I quote: by JPelorat · · Score: 2, Funny

    HA HA!

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  5. Funniest news today by DamienMcKenna · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just about spewed my lunch across my lovely dual monitors... don't do that!

    Damien

  6. Re:Overzealous by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about a combinations of black and "gray" lists, where the gray lists are subjected to greater scrutiny or harsher limits by spam filtering software?

    What about silver lists that block AOL cd's?

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  7. You can please some ... by zappepcs · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can please some of the people some of the time... but this should just about please everyone :)

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  8. Re:SWEET!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I say we put AOL on all the blacklists and push them back off of the intarweb!

    I say we take off and nuke them from space!
    It's the only way to be sure.

  9. Back-port by Kimos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we need to find a way to black-hole all of the AOL CDs being spamed to my snail mail address!

  10. My name is .... by 1_brown_mouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    Inigo Montoya, you sent me SPAM, prepare to die.

  11. Wow, poned, but... by j!mmy+v. · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...but what will I do with my remaining 67578 free hours?

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  12. Re:Overzealous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    K means thousand, Frenchie. Just because you say something doesn't make it true.

  13. Re:Overzealous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    M is a Roman numeral, American.

    K means Kelvin. k means kilo.

  14. Re:Overzealous by scottv67 · · Score: 2, Funny

    with over a million SMTP sessions a minute

    So I take it that even though your Barracuda (http://www.barracudanetworks.com/) is liquid-coooled, it still glows a dull red?

    ;^)

  15. Re:Overzealous by yesteraeon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Couldn't we just disconnect AOL from the internet? It might take a while for their users to notice...

  16. Re:It is the opposite way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Businesses end up removing the RBL. Nothing like pissed off execs screaming at you after they find out the company smtp server is blocking AOL and 15% of the customer base.

    And there is nothing like the execs pissed off again a few days later because they are getting tons of spam because they told you to not use the RBL.

    AND there is nothing like tell them it's their own fault.