"...for all I know the marketing company has legitimate addresses."
No they don't.
SPEWS works as follows:
1. Spam hits a SPEWS mailbox never used for anything. SPEWS email addresses have never subscribed to anything nor have they appeared in newsgroups or web pages.
2. SPEWS complains to the spammer's ISP.
3. More spam from same spammer arrives, implying ISP did nothing.
4. Spammer's IP is listed and another complaint sent to spammer's ISP.
5. More spam hits. Another complaint and block expands.
6. Eventually the ISPs entire IP space is listed.
When the ISP evicts the offending spammer(s) - root and branch - the block is removed within a few hours.
If the spammer 'reforms' (but stays a customer with the ISP), the block ages off as SPEWS becomes more and more convinced that the spammer has indeed Come to Jesus. This takes about a year (some say six months).
By giving money to a SPEWS-listed ISP you are implicitly assisting a spammer. Your ISP is using you as a human shield.
1. Evidence Diebold: And the result of the court cases based on this evidence were?
2. Black denied: Lots of people were denied (except, of course, dead and non-existent people in certain Democrat strongholds). So what?
3. Katherine Harris: You mean Representative (soon to be Senator) Harris? No, we've got her.
4. Governor/brother: Be careful what you say about the next president (JEB, that is).
5. Violating Constitution: Sorry, in most instances, voting qualifications are up to individual states, not the federal government. In the case of Florida, felons can't vote. If crackheads want to vote, they shouldn't do drugs.
6. Talk about recounts: There were six post-election recounts done by various media. All resulted in a Bush plurality.
GWB is an honest, decent, God-fearing man who has surrounded himself with moral and upright folk. Get used to righteousness - it's the new thing.
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"...for all I know the marketing company has legitimate addresses." No they don't. SPEWS works as follows: 1. Spam hits a SPEWS mailbox never used for anything. SPEWS email addresses have never subscribed to anything nor have they appeared in newsgroups or web pages. 2. SPEWS complains to the spammer's ISP. 3. More spam from same spammer arrives, implying ISP did nothing. 4. Spammer's IP is listed and another complaint sent to spammer's ISP. 5. More spam hits. Another complaint and block expands. 6. Eventually the ISPs entire IP space is listed. When the ISP evicts the offending spammer(s) - root and branch - the block is removed within a few hours. If the spammer 'reforms' (but stays a customer with the ISP), the block ages off as SPEWS becomes more and more convinced that the spammer has indeed Come to Jesus. This takes about a year (some say six months). By giving money to a SPEWS-listed ISP you are implicitly assisting a spammer. Your ISP is using you as a human shield.
1. Evidence Diebold: And the result of the court cases based on this evidence were? 2. Black denied: Lots of people were denied (except, of course, dead and non-existent people in certain Democrat strongholds). So what? 3. Katherine Harris: You mean Representative (soon to be Senator) Harris? No, we've got her. 4. Governor/brother: Be careful what you say about the next president (JEB, that is). 5. Violating Constitution: Sorry, in most instances, voting qualifications are up to individual states, not the federal government. In the case of Florida, felons can't vote. If crackheads want to vote, they shouldn't do drugs. 6. Talk about recounts: There were six post-election recounts done by various media. All resulted in a Bush plurality. GWB is an honest, decent, God-fearing man who has surrounded himself with moral and upright folk. Get used to righteousness - it's the new thing.