[sdiy] <Sigh>. Seeking Jim Patchell

[Chromatest Pantsmaker]

patchell wrote:

>     My ISP (Silicon Beach Communications), in an effort to cut down on SPAM,
> will only accept email from mail servers that are not on some sort of black
> list.  This has not been making my life exactly easy on the internet.  For
> example, Mouser Electronic mail server is on that black list...this makes
> purchasing stuff from mouser electronics more difficult.  My opinion of this
> anti spamming effort is that it is BS, since now, I cannot get email from
> legitimate senders in some cases (like Jim Johnson), and I get more spam now
> than I did before...go figure.
 
isn't it funny how hotmail never gets thrown on those blacklists?
unbelievable. 
 My service (verizon/qwest DSL) also took similar actions, but on the
reverse.  They set up their servers to cut down on spam being sent. 
Like the usage logs can't point them directly to people spamming..
gee.. user 5450930 has been sending 200,000 emails a day.... duh.

-ben