On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 12:22:23AM -0400, Hector Santos wrote:
While it help stop spammers, at the same time, the database was an open
source for spammers to easily find open relays and proxies. In other words,
if I wanted to become a spammer tomorrow, all I need to do is get the RBL
database (which is downloadable at some sites) and easily find thousands of
relays/proxies with little or no effort on my part.
I don't think spammers have had any problems in finding abusable
systems, be it proxies, open smtp servers or broken cgi-scripts.
And if being on a bl means more spammers use the system, well, that is
only for the better: the system is more likely to get fixed if it gets
overrun by spammers.
esa
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