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SubjectRe: UseNet Gateway One Way ok?
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Letting the chips far where they may, I quote Peter Svensson:
>
>I disagree very strongly about this. Why should we go through a lot of
>trouble? Just configure procmail/sendmail to drop everything from
>cyberpromo and other known spammers, have it automatically send a
>compliant to their respective isp:s, etc.
>

Several reasons:
- spam doesn't come from a static handful of domains
- maintaining such a list may be grounds for civil liability
- complaints are generally dismissed or ignored
- it takes real time to keep such information up-to-date

--Ricky

"Dead men can't send e-mail!"


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