Autor: Marc Perkel Data: A: Chris Edwards CC: exim-users Assumpte: Re: [exim] UCEPROTECT Blacklists and why callouts are abusive
Chris Edwards wrote: > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, David Woodhouse wrote:
>
>
> | Yeah, this is just the UCEPROTECT folks being muppets. I'm with Nigel;
> | they're best ignored.
>
> The classic DNSBL argument! Assuming they are muppets, they will
> ultimately be ignored, with few mail admins using them to block. If
> however enough mail admins are using them to block as to cause pain to
> those listed, then one might at least sit and think whether or not their
> listing policy has some merit afterall.
>
If you are going to run an RBL to list spammers then that's fine. If you
are going to use the same RBL to advance a political ajenda then that's
not fine. If a vendor lists servers in their spam RBL that they know
aren't spammers then they are muppets.
