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Old 10-09-2006, 10:21 PM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Quagmire View Post
I would be much happier if a more reliable entity was handling the spam control. spamhaus are a bunch of goofs who pull the trigger at the mere mention of the word spam. Years ago I had a battle with them because they had some IPs (for fuck sake) listed that had previously been used by a spammer. It took forever to prove to them that I wasn't a spammer and I had just been given the block of IPs by AT&T. I don't think some private mom and pop organization should have that much power.
Totally agree, Spamhaus act as judge, jury and executioner with no appeal system and then say they only list IPs they think are spamming. When a court finds against them they ignore the court.

Seems they could not or did not bother to defend in court and now face the prospect of losing their business or at least damaging it. Nice when the executioner gets the chop.
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