[MPlayer-dev-eng] to michael

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Wednesday, 24 May 2006 at 17:57, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 10:15:58AM +0200, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 24 May 2006 at 06:12, Rich Felker wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:49:54PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> > > > michael,
> > > > for whatever reason, your isp is rejecting my emails now due to use of
> > > > the disgusting 'sorbs' dialup blacklist nonsense. i do not have a
> > > > dialup or dynamic address and i have a fully conformant mail server.
> > > > unfortunately sorbs makes it extremely difficult to delist yourself
> > > > and thus for the time being i'm unable to communicate with you
> > > > off-list for SoC and other matters due to these sorbs nazis. would you
> > > > please complain to your isp about the disservice they are doing by
> > > > blocking legitimate mail and ask them to drop sorbs?
> > > > 
> > > > anyone else who knows that their isp uses these spamnazi-run
> > > > blacklists, please complain too. this madness must be stopped...
> > > 
> > > to follow up, anyone wondering about this should do a quick google for
> > > sorbs extortion. i didn't realize but this bastard matthew sullivan is
> > > even lower scum than a spamnazi, he's a plain old criminal
> > > extortionist hiding behind the mask of spam-fighting to rob people...
> > 
> > I never thought I'd write this: concerning this subject, you're an idiot,
> > Rich. Please stop contributing to the FUD.
> 
> you can believe the lies if you want or you can look at the facts.

I *always* look at the facts.

> this has nothing to do with fud.

What you wrote about SORBS was nothing but lies and FUD.

> it has to do with my legitimate emails being blocked,

And who's blocking them? Certainly NOT SORBS.

> as well as many other people's, and i will flame
> anyone who does this without the recipient's permission.

And I'll support you there. But be sure to choose the right target.

> why don't you study the issue rather than just believing what the
> rabid anti-spam crowd tells you?

I've been studying the spam issue probably longer than you. I have
extensive experience in spamfighting and I don't have to believe anybody
to know how things work.

> procmail and spamassassin stop spam.

ROTFL.

> blacklisting innocent people does not.

Blocklists do not list people. They list IP addresses (or domain names).

Regards,
R.

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