[NTLUG:Discuss] the breaking point of spam

[Richard Geoffrion]

Something is wrong with the technology when 91% of an email server's mail is
spam.  Blacklists are NOT a solution. It appears that ComCrap is now
incorrectly listing servers that forward mail for alias accounts as spam
servers.  There seems to be no human contact at Comcrap but the automated
utility seems to unlist multiple times upon request.  Other issues where
static/non-dialup IP addresses are listed in SORBS (a volunteer-run
blacklist that should never be used by a business interested in receiving
email) can leave end users unable to resolve issues on their own and leave
them at the mercy of their ISPs to get off SORBS...which....ultimately
leaves the ISP at the mercy of SORBS who is wholly unconcerned with prompt
resolutions.

I've recently taken the stance that it is the recipient's responsibility to
receive email.  I have quit trying to fight the myriad of lists.

Where are people in the Linux community going to throw their support behind
a replacement solution? AMTP looked good but doesn't look like it is going
to be adopted.  Someone somewhere has GOT to think of something that can be
implemented into the current setup that would make a cutover painless and
desireable.

-- 
Richard