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At 08:05 AM 17-11-97 -0600, Karl Denninger wrote: >On Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 01:42:08PM +0201, Alan Barrett wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Phil Lawlor wrote: >> > To the best of my knowledge, we only blocked mailbombers. Someone here >> > from AGIS can correct me if I am wrong. [ snip ] >That's all right. They blocked me too, for the same thing (one complaint >per spam). Me too.. >From where I sit that's nothing new, but its also ok - we reciprocated, and >blocked a huge number of AGIS-distributed networks (basically anything that >a spammer was connected to). Guess what? Spam volume went WAY down. Yes, me as well, but I fat fingered it and announced a slew of AGIS netblocks to null0 via Sprint. Got a personal phone call from Thpamford Wallace claiming he lost thousands and thousands of dollars, frivolous lawsuit threats, etc. etc. [ Disclaimer: It *really* was a stupid accident - 2AM, tired not thinking straight etc. etc. ]. Trying to stay on operational issues, I think it's bad for a provider to block another provider unless they are being harassed and one email isn't harassment. I guess the same argument could be used in reverse i.e. AGIS allowed Thpamford to harass us. Regards, -- Martin Hannigan [email protected] Director of Data Networks V:617.500.0108 XCOM Technologies F:617.500.0002 Cambridge, MA http://www.xcom.net
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