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On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Jared Mauch wrote: > > Are there still spammers that don't use "innocent" relays to spread their > > junk? As long as there are reachable relaying servers somewhere on the > > net, the spammers have nothing to worry about. > > freerelay.cyberpromo.com Cyberpromo must work both ways then. I've gotten spams recently that originated at cyberpromo but were relayed through any number of unrelated sites across the world. > > How many spam houses have their own CIDR blocks? Not having looked, I'd > > guess few if any. > > Not many.. only the big ones. If you're going to get into denying Do any really? I'd be amazed if cyberpromo could justify enough IP's to get a globally routable CIDR block. As was already mentioned, having large blocks of IP's that are nearly unusable because they are in so many blacklists should obviously not be a valid "use" of IP space, and should not be justification for getting more space. > The problem is that any sort of blacklist maintained by more than > one person in their spare time gets into very sticky legal issues, and should Depends on how you maintain, distribute, and talk about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Lewis <[email protected]> | Unsolicited commercial e-mail will Network Administrator | be proof-read for $199/message. Florida Digital Turnpike | ______http://inorganic5.fdt.net/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key____
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