RE: williams spamhaus blacklist

["McBurnett, Jim" <jmcburnett () msmgmt com>]

this is not without precedent.. 
Anyone from Cable and Wireless listening?
If I remember correctly, Cable and Wireless was blocked last year
or earlier this year by a similiar ploy.
And I also seem to remember them making major
complaints over on the SPAM-L list.. 

Later,
J


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Bicknell [mailto:bicknell () ufp org]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:30 PM
> To: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: williams spamhaus blacklist
>
>
> In a message written on Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:14:04PM 
> -0400, alex () pilosoft com wrote:
> > The moment they started blacklisting IPs that never sent spam. (AKA 
> > williams corporate mail servers).
>
> For those who care:
>
> http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL10731
>
> I quote:
>
> ] WilTel Communications Group's Corporate Mail Relays
> ] Continued hosting of Eddy Marin spam gang and others have 
> caused this
> ] listing. Previous warnings and spam reports had no effect.
>
> So, they have decided since WilTil has one (alleged?) spammer
> customer none of wiltel should be allowed to send or receive e-mail
> anymore.
>
> The complete list of Williams issues is at:
>
> http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=wcg
>
> As per usual, no amount of collateral damage is deemed unacceptable.
>
> -- 
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