Wasn't going to bother with this thread, but it's a bleak day outside so I got bored.... On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 21:01 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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Given that Mr. Gently was reportedly banned more than once in the past for similar antics, I anticipated the same would occur again in this instance. For that matter, given the repetition a permanent ban would seem to be in order. Apparently I am incorrect.
How would you implement a permanent ban, if he changes addresses easily?
An effective, but slightly time consuming way (and certainly not 100% foolproof) is for moderator approval on all new subscriptions, a stated policy of refusal to approve sub requests from freemail services that hide and protect abusive L-users, that way they have to use their real IP, which can be traced back to their ISP who can use the big bat under their AUP. They wont give a rats if gmail go "norty norty boy", but they WILL care and take notice if their ISP issues them with a breach of AUP and risks account termination, especially if they use cable or DSL. As I said, not foolproof, there will be some miscreants who will seek out and spoof, but their numbers would be minimal compared to overall number of jackasses. This way is overall rather effective, I've done it myself with lists I've ran (as well as use DNSBL's for rejecting messages from known proxies, TOR project prevents SMTP IIRC, but there is a DNSBL with TOR exit nodes, so that can be used as well, along with better and tighter anti-spam rules) Time for likes of Google to stop aiding and abetting these so and so's, and put X Sender IP in the headers.