FC: Anti-spam blacklists list cable modems, hurting small publishers?

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 08:45:51 PDT

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    Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 21:29:28 -0400
    From: philo <philoat_private>
    To: declanat_private
    Subject: Blacklist Complaint: Fwd: Postmaster Notify: Delivery Failure.
    
    Declan, some of the blacklists are listing the IP's that cablemodem
    providers assign their clients. This is screwing small publishers -
    often cablemodem is the only broadband we can get (no DSL out past a
    DLC), so their unilateral decision that "cablemodem=spammer" has
    screwed a lot of people.
    
    Their decision seems to be based on the fact that my IP is listed as
    "dynamic" as it's issued by a DHCP server and listed
    as dynamic in ARIN. However, my IP hasn't changed in over a
    year. I think they're being asinine and seriously misguided. Most
    importantly, they're doing the baby/bathwater thing and hurting those
    of us who are trying to keep the spirit of the internet alive.
    
    Philo
    
    
        571 dialup user rejected; see: http://www.mail-abuse.org/dul/enduser.html
    
    
    
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    Best regards,
      philo                            mailto:philoat_private
    
    
    
    
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