I do *not* agree that *any* blacklist is the way to stop spam.
See archnerd's post way down at the bottom of the board. If Spamhaus is going the way of the MAPS RBL and getting its false-positive rate up into the 50% range (which, if they've "gone vigilante", is entirely probable), then they've become just another crappy blacklist. Using Spamhaus wouldn't actually do you any good at blocking spam. (I've been listed by a few blacklists before, even though I've never sent a single spam to anyone, and it's *NOT* fun. Getting yourself off them is similarly *not* fun, if it's even possible; some of them even charge you $50 or something. Oh that's a good idea; someone at your organization decided to put my IP on the list, even though I've never sent anything trying to sell anything, and now I have to *PAY* *YOU* to get it off? BS!)
Now, as for whether they should be sued; it depends on whether this e360insight group is really a spammer. I know very little about this whole deal, but it sounds like they are, so they shouldn't (in an ideal court anyway) have a leg to stand on. And if they're not doing the lawsuit in the correct jurisdiction, even more of a reason for them to lose. However, that still doesn't make using Spamhaus a good idea. ;-) |
