[mythtv-users] MythTV.org is in SPAM black list!

[Chen Bekor]

I'm back again!  I found a workaround to my ISP's block. I changed my
email address to my sourceforge.net alias, so mythtv.org sends all
emails to SF which reroute it to my original account. Since SF is not
blocked by my ISP/SPEWS I'm back on track - hehehehe :)

I hope other people that run into this problem can read this through the
archive and do the same...

Cheers,

Chen Bekor.

Ray Olszewski wrote:

> At 09:30 AM 8/17/2003 +0200, Chen Bekor wrote:
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>> My ISP's policy is that the blocked ISP should resolve this case by 
>> contacting SPEWS and figure out who is using their address block for 
>> SPAM. Until that happens- their hands are tied :(
> 
> 
> Tied by whom? Themselves, I surmise.
> 
> Really, you have to treat this "hands are tied" baloney not as an 
> insurmountable restriction, but as an excuse offered by whoever you are 
> speaking with at your ISP. You want Isaac to"try to resolve this issue". 
> I expect he has better things to do ... from *his* standpoint, there is 
> no issue ... just an idiotic wannabe anti-SPAM service that is 
> overreaching a non-existant mandate.
> 
> You, not Isaac, need to "try to resolve this issue" by standing up to 
> your ISP. Accommodating groups like SPEWS is bad for communication on 
> the Internet, especially now when there are many more responsible 
> alternatives for combatting SPAM.
> 
> SPEWS urges people in Isaac's position to "vote with their feet" by 
> changing ISPs to one that SPEWS doesn't block. I suggest instead that 
> folks like you need to "vote with their feet" against SPEWS and the ISPs 
> that use it. If you don't want to do that, it certainly is 
> understandable making these changes is a lot of work and 
> inconvenience... and your solution is the one you have found, relying on 
> the list archive.
> 
>> Is there any way to override specific IP addresses? maybe this way I 
>> can convince my ISP to cancel the SPEWS filter for mythtv.org?
> 
> 
> There is always a "way to override specific IP addresses". Exactly what 
> it is in this case depends on the technical details of how SPEWS and 
> your ISP implement its filitering ... technical questions a bit outside 
> the scope of this mailing list. This question is better put to your ISP 
> than to this list.
> 
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