Re: Spamhaus slams Gmail and other e-mailing lists services for spamming

The Doctor writes:
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This morning, I saw my SMTP server showing logs that spamhaus blocked google
gmail and other mailing lists for spamming.
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I have no sympathy for cretins.

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Which cretins would that be?
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My first reaction was "spamhaus" who?
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Spamhaus hasn't been relevant in, oh I don't know how long. I heard their 
original mission statement was to block prolific spam sources. That was just 
a rumor. When I used them, I tried very hard to find any evidence of that 
actually happening. I couldn't. Again, again, and again I saw massive 
spewage, spewage that just cannot be unnoticed, continue unabated.
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I was told that Spamhaus preferred to work with the spamhosters. Make them 
see the error of their ways. Give them all the time in the world to see the 
error of their ways. Blah, blah, blah.
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I had no idea they were still around. I thought they were practically gone, 
relegated to some checkmark on a flashy ad for low-level "mail server in a 
box" appliances.
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The Spamhaus that I knew would never blacklist Gmail. I'm afraid it's too 
late. Nobody cares about this, any more. The email landscape had shifted 
over the last couple of decades. It's a brand new world, now.
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