Re: Fact-based overall SPEWS FAQ

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From: TwistyCreek <anon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 29 Nov 2005 17:23:25 -0000
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Subject: Fact-based overall SPEWS FAQ
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TwistyCreek wrote:
> Fact-based overall SPEWS FAQ
>
> First, a recent well-respected report shows blocklists block ONLY
> about 50% of spam. Thus, they do not do as promised. There is
> no reason to believe SPEWS does better. And ...
>
> SPEWS is worse than most because it punishes the innocent in
> an insane and inappropriate futile attempt to block spam by
> intentionally victimizing the innocent.
>
> Huge amounts of legitimate email is blocked, some
> say perhaps 98% of what SPEWS would block is legitimate email
> (non-spam) addresses.
>
> Thus, SPEWS is not doing its job and any claims to the contrary
> are fraudulent. SPEWS is fraudulent because it is doing something
> different than its job and it is doing something BAD.
>
> It is easy to show that those who use SPEWS are criminals.
>
> They are intentionally blocking the interstate communications
> of innocent people, which is illegal and a crime.
>
> In SPEWS draconian cruel and illegal activities to try to block
> spam, it has been documented that SPEWS blocks up to 99.6% innocent IPs
> in a domain range to get .4% guilty.
>
> This is like cutting off the heat to your grandma because she lives
> in the same neighborhood as a gang member.
>
> This is fraud and crime. SPEWS is not doing what it says and it is
> advocating illegal activity.

so what.

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