Unfortunately MAPS (MAPS RBL
|Mail Abuse Prevention System) has announced it is no longer a free service.
Why is this a problem for me? Well MAPS get their nominations from those of us that report spam.
That information has been given freely, and involves a lot of work on the reporters part, you have to
So the reporter does a lot of work.
And then has to pay for the priviledge of using it. That's just not right.
Of course the whole idea of this does leave itself open to some humour, as this post from the slashdot discussion shows
From: Margie "margie@mail-abuse.org"
Effective Midnight 7/31/2001, all non-subscription access to MAPS services will cease. Anyone wishing to transfer or query internet data must read the rest of this mail.
Send us and the following 6 people on the ACL list 1 DOLLAR. Then add your name to the ACL list and send it to everyone you know. you get rich in a few days day and receive no more spam at the same time!