RE: ARIN whois

["Derek J. Balling" <dredd () megacity org>]

At 08:38 PM 11/23/99 +0300, Alex P. Rudnev wrote:
> If you protect yourself from open relays too hard, you really protect yourself
> from the usefull mail. It's reality.

Useful mail doesn't come from open relays.

At least not in the manner in which I (and others) define useful.

> The best way to stop the SPAM is to turn your computer off. There is many
> reasons why someone hold open relay; while this relay don't send you spam, 
> it's
> not your business... many providers simpli filter open relay detectors out 
> (such
> as ODBS), moreover, an attempt to use this _crazy_ (active) lists results 
> in the
> loss e-mail and can't be used by the serious companies.

You think too far into the box. The best way to stop spam is to turn off 
the spammers' computers.

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