The Thursday 2005-05-19 at 08:42 -0400, Dana Hudes wrote:
Your issue is permanent blocking. This is controversial. The idea has been to exert pressure on ISPs whose users complain. This is of limited success. the idea is that if dialup and dhcp (cable, dsl) users found they could not access major portions of the internet -- not just for e-mail but web browsing as well -- then they would be motivated to complain to their ISPs who would act more forcefully and quickly against spammers etc.
That might work, perhaps, on your part of the world. In my part, it is useless to talk to the ISP, they don't listen. Have you ever worked on a major site call center? I mean one with millions of customers - and sometimes, they charge by the minute on the phone you have to call to complain, one of those 80x numbers. I haven't seen here a responsible ISP yet. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson