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Re: Spam. Again.. -- and blocking net blocks?


From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () civicnet org>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:48:09 -0500 (EST)


On 10 Dec 2002, Nigel Titley wrote:

2) Does anyone else see a HUGE problem with listing a /19 because there is
one /32 of a spam advertised website?  When did this start happening?

Since SPEWS, with its complete lack of accountability, started being
used by respectable spam blocking software. Yes, its a massive problem.

We had this problem a while back too.  One particular problem is that the
relays.osirusoft.com block-list - which seems to be used by an awful of
people -  aggregates data from several dozen sources, including spews.


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