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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 --- From: "Justin E. Greene" <SpamcopRBL@spamex.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, [Redacted --DBM] 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 -- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------