Re: Help with removing DNS shinkhole FP from Charter/Spectrum

["John R. Levine" <johnl () iecc com>]

> Bill is absolutely correct. The spammers lost their case because they 
> were demonstrably spammers.

No, really they did not.  I read the decisions.  Have you?  Hint: under 
CAN SPAM a great deal of spam is completely legal so it didn't matter.

> We’ve had accidental black hole cases with *US* providers that removed 
> the block once they received a C&D. If they don’t have iron clad proof 
> in hand. (More than just a few complaints and no traffic analysis), it’s 
> just the least risky response.

I will believe that there are people that cave in response to threats like 
this, but again, there is no case law to support it.

R's,
John