>> There seems to be a faction that feel that 15 years ago someone once >> blacklisted them and caused them some inconvenience, therefore all >> DNSBLs suck forever. I could say similar things about buggy PC >> implementations of TCP/IP, but I think a few things have changed since >> then, in both cases. > >There's an inherent problem with letting 3rd parties affect email >traffic, especially when there's no way to hold those 3rd parties >accountable for negligence or malice. Like I said, things have changed since 1996. I talk to Spamhaus every day am intimately familiar with their processes, and understand who they report to. In the meantime, see http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130301_icann_announces_blocking_usage_review_panel/