Osirusoft blacklists the world

bscott at ntisys.com bscott at ntisys.com
Wed Aug 27 21:58:44 EDT 2003


> If you still think RBLs are a good idea, here's one example of why they're
> not...

  Ahem.  Profesionalls in the field will tell you that using a third-party
blacklist -- especially one like SPEWS! -- as a sufficient criteria to block
is a really dumb idea.  It isn't that blacklists are a bad idea; they just
get abused as often as email does in the first place.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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