From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 8 16:52:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from rain.macguire.net (sense-sea-MegaSub-1-125.oz.net [216.39.144.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C19337B405 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:52:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from roo@localhost) by rain.macguire.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g38Nqoq02507; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:52:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:52:50 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger To: Dan Langille Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail black lists such as ORBS/ORBZ etc Message-ID: <20020408165250.A1809@rain.macguire.net> References: <20020408234554.8D69F3F30@bast.unixathome.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020408234554.8D69F3F30@bast.unixathome.org>; from dan@langille.org on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 07:45:15PM -0400 X-PGP-Key: http://www.macguire.net/benjamin/public_key.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Dan Langille (dan@langille.org) [020408 16:45]: > Given the increase in spam levels over the past 6 months or so, I'm > surprised that nobody has stepped forward to fund real time black lists > such as ORBS/ORBZ. Why is that? > > Do people see them as unworthy projects? Not worth funding? Or is there > just no funding available? > > > -- > Dan Langille > The FreeBSD Diary - http://freebsddiary.org/ - practical examples Unfortunately, I think the question is "what is the profit motivation?". How do you make money on a spamlist? The only viable sell so far is to offer it as a service. Doesn't help the small guys much. -- Benjamin Krueger "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message