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December 12, 2007 at 08:23 AM
jdclyde

Are SPAM filtering blacklists killing email as a valid business tool?

by jdclyde . Updated 18 years, 5 months ago

Over the last few years, I have found myself on blacklists, be it from spamhous or the latest crackpot organization, dsbl.org. If you go to their web site, you will see some rude jerks.

Everyone agrees that SPAM is an issue. It takes up bandwidth, as well as an extra 30 seconds in my morning to delete the spam that gets by the filter.

My problem is when people forget why they have a job in the first place. It is to make sure that valid business communication can take place. It is better to allow 100 spam to get through than to block one valid email. That email could cost your company millions.

Where do you stand on the SPAM issue. Should there be domain covering blacklists, or not?

Who decides who gets listed, and over what?

What is the removal process?

What really was funny, was when I submitted the removal request from the cussed DSBL list, they send a confirmation email with a link for you to follow. THEIR email they sent to me got caught in [b]OUR[/b] SPAM filter.

Sites like DSBL.org are a parasite on the internet, causing more harm than good.

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