FC: More nuttiness: SpamCop intentionally blocks anti-spam service

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

SpamCop's Julian Haight intentionally blocked mail from the Politech server 
(which has never been a source of any spam) last month as a way to apply 
pressure to the network where the server is located. Then he appeared to 
change his mind and back down. But he refused to tell me what happened and 
the SpamCop FAQ remained the same -- which indicates he unblocked Politech 
only because of the criticism, but other "guilt-by-association" sites that 
can't complain as loudly are out of luck: 
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04136.html

Now Julian appears to be blocking Spamex, a competitor to SpamCop that 
provides disposable email addresses as a (useful) spam-proofing technique.

More background:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=spamcop

"Why not to use SpamCop -- some first-hand accounts" 
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04129.html

"Ray Everett-Church on systemic problems with SpamCop"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04126.html

-Declan

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From: "Justin E. Greene" <jgreene () clicvu com>
To: "'declan () well com'" <declan () well com>
Subject: Spamcop RBL blocks Spamex Disposable Email Address Service
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:39:32 -0500

Hi Declan,
Neil Schwartzman thought you might find this interesting:

http://www.spamex.com/news/2002.12.16.spamcop.cfm

Needless to say, Julian has reallly pissed me off...

Regards,
Justin


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Justin Greene
ClicVU, Inc. - Makers of the Spamex Disposable Email Address Service
P: 212-242-0258 x 101
<http://www.clicvu.com>
<http://www.spamex.com>

Spamex - Protect your real email address forever




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