FC: Anti-spam blacklists list cable modems, hurting small publishers?

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 21:29:28 -0400
From: philo <philo () saintchad org>
To: declan () well com
Subject: Blacklist Complaint: Fwd: Postmaster Notify: Delivery Failure.

Declan, some of the blacklists are listing the IP's that cablemodem
providers assign their clients. This is screwing small publishers -
often cablemodem is the only broadband we can get (no DSL out past a
DLC), so their unilateral decision that "cablemodem=spammer" has
screwed a lot of people.

Their decision seems to be based on the fact that my IP is listed as
"dynamic" as it's issued by a DHCP server and listed
as dynamic in ARIN. However, my IP hasn't changed in over a
year. I think they're being asinine and seriously misguided. Most
importantly, they're doing the baby/bathwater thing and hurting those
of us who are trying to keep the spirit of the internet alive.

Philo


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Best regards,
 philo                            mailto:philo () saintchad org




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