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By chance... since you lot have been particularly noisy this weekend on the subject of ORBS, I wanted to obtain a more rounded opinion of the value of ORBS with respect to SPAM Prevention. ISOCNZ has charged myself and three others with coming up with a policy concerning ORBS and potentially other SPAM prevention methods. :-( My understanding of the situation is as follows:- Paul Vixie contributes to/manages???? an RBL repository of Open Mail Relays on the side of www.vix.com. ie MAPS and RBL. How many carriers (even carriers with only 6 staff...) in NZ piggyback off this effort? And contribute? ORBS is a similar idea, run by AB of Manawatu Internet Services. An area of concern is that ORBS uses a method of publicity to shame Open-Relay holders into changing their status. However the publicity mechanism can also be used by Spammers to work out best SPAM procreation locations. How useful is this, and are their better ways of doing it? ========================================================= Should NZ ISP's all support RBL/MAPS? (realising that there is no requirement today, other than best customer service and best endeavours.) Is ORBS complementary? Is it appropriate? What do others think? Should ISOCNZ but out of this matter, and stick to mindlessly boring meetings with 10,000 points of order? Flames to myself at Cisco. Fabulously written, illuminating, insightful pieces will certainly receive a direct response of thanks and comments. All others >/dev/null. Rgds Roger De Salis -- \_ Roger De Salis Cisco Systems NZ Ltd