Re: Affects of the balkanization of mail blacklisting

["J.D. Falk" <jdfalk () cybernothing org>]

On 08/13/01, Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels () cistron-office nl> wrote: 

> In article <1100507318.997532919@[192.168.0.2]>,
> Margie  <margie () mail-abuse org> wrote:
> > MAPS as a corporation must have revenue to operate.
>
> Has MAPS ever talked to organisations like RIPE and ARIN? Most providers
> are a paying member of those anyway. MAPS might or could be an organisation
> just as important for the continuity of the internet as those ones.
> If you could persuade them to work together and let them offer MAPS to
> their members and pay the bill ..

        Remember how much shit ARIN got here when it was first announced
        that they'd be charging for IP addresses?  That thread was much
        worse than the recent MAPS hubbub -- probably because MAPS has 
        big, scary, easy-to-understand money holes like "legal fees," 
        while all ARIN's got is "operating expenses."

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J.D. Falk                                   a plenitude should not be wasted
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