Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/02

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Subject: [Leica] OFF-TOPIC: Google mail (gmail)
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Fri Jun 2 07:43:00 2006
References: <a2f8f4470606020626p2cfc03aes6d020cdd1a6a14b@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20060602152913.02e2e400@screengang.com> <607F11B8-1E4F-42DC-8592-697CBF1C10A6@nathanfoto.com>
 
> Didier is right. I manage a business ISP, and we use SORBS for spam  
> filtering

That is, in my opinion, a terribly wrong thing to do. SORBS is a vindictive 
vigilante organization that is run by one mentally unstable individual. It 
is very easy for an address (such as gmail) to be put incorrectly into 
SORBS, and then all over the world people stop being able to get their email.

I always recommend to people when they are having trouble with their mail 
delivery that they find an ISP that does not use vigilante services such as 
SORBS. And if I ever meet the person who runs SORBS I will probably punch 
him in the face. Or maybe just spit. He has fooled so very many people into 
thinking that SORBS is valuable, when in truth it is a scourge worse than 
the spam it tries to block.

Brian
Replies: Reply from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] OFF-TOPIC: Google mail (gmail))
Reply from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] OFF-TOPIC: Google mail (gmail))
 In reply to: Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] OFF-TOPIC: Google mail (gmail))
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] OFF-TOPIC: Google mail (gmail))
Message from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] OFF-TOPIC: Google mail (gmail))