Spamhaus takes warning shot at the NRA

["Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

This made me laugh. Kinda. :-)

Brian McWilliams writes over on the Spam Kings Blog:

[snip]

Spamhaus has blacklisted an Internet protocol (IP) address assigned to the National Rifle Association (NRA). According 
to the anti-spam organization, the NRA's is "sending to spamtraps, not honoring unsubscribes."

Spamhaus rarely shies away from battling spammers, but it's apparently wary of picking a fight with the gun rights 
group. The IP blacklisted by Spamhaus (208.253.77.224) isn't actually in current use by the NRA for sending email or 
hosting web sites.

In its explanation for the intentional misfire, which went into effect September 30, Spamhaus said that the NRA "sends 
enough opt-in mail that blocking the source www.nranews.org [208.253.77.250] is not desireable [sic]." Spamhaus also 
says that MCI, which hosts the NRA address, "needs to work with this customer on list hygeine."

[snip]

http://spamkings.oreilly.com/archives/2005/10/spamhaus_takes_warning_shot_at.html

- ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
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 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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