Email is dead.

Posted on September 24th, 2003 in awful,spam,sysadmin by They

They did not want to recognise the evidence: Verisign and their wildcard fiasco preventing spam-blocking for forged, non-existent domains DDoS attacks taking out many effective blacklists Loud complaining about blocking email Inane bitching and sniping about tagging email An Oklahoma judge overriding the requests of 50 million people In short, you are all owned by Continue reading →

So much spam news, so little time

Posted on July 17th, 2002 in new,spam,sysadmin by They

a new dnsbl, sbbl.they.com, is available for public use. Recommended usage is only as a high score within spamassassin (or similar). Shame on MAPS for screwing and harassing one of their ex-employees. They no longer use MAPS, but instead encourage everyone to investigate using SPEWS, Osirusoft, and to use (and if at all possible, support) Continue reading →

Spammers vs. SPEWS, not SPEWS vs. MAPS

Posted on October 2nd, 2001 in awful,spam by They

They have been reading lately, on nanae (tinnanae, tint), many articles about SPEWS. Many of these articles, without permission, have made references to what they say or think. They wish to clarify: They like, approve of, and utilise MAPS. They even dished out money to subscribe to the RBL+ service, and strongly suggest that everyone Continue reading →

pop-under ads are extra-annoying

Posted on July 19th, 2001 in spam by They

Long ago, they bought a wireless x-10 controller for $5, and it works great. They did, however, use a disposable email address (which was a good thing). The marketroids have gone and made it unbearable to think about ever making (or suggesting to anyone that they should make) another purchase from them. So, in the Continue reading →

The truth about spam

Posted on May 8th, 2001 in awful,funny,spam by They

Not suitable for younger surfers. Really. If you’re under, oh, let’s say about 13 or so, this will only creep you out.


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