On Sat, 15 Apr 1995, Trish Forrest wrote: > In this specific case I checked and there were no existing > subscribers from this network. I'd like to know if anyone out > there has ever served off a network and under what circumstances > and how you justified it. What is defined as "network?" Would you call @hostA.B.subdomainC.com a network? Spammers can, and do, rent these from people like AOL, Prodigy, CompuServe, etc. (and every day there are more in the business of renting these customized addresses). You betcha I filter those, with *@hostA.B.subdomainC.com (some are set up to sell advertising and nothing else). I don't filter the basic service provider, unless they only provide service to spammers (which some seem to), just the ones causing problems. But these *are* system wide filters, sometimes with wildcards, as nothing but junk has ever come from these rented addresses. I don't hesitate merely because I'm installing a filter for everyone with the address *@hostA.B.subdomainC.com if everything from there is garbage. So, what's a "network?" Douglas Winship Hays County, Texas [log in to unmask] Secondary AUTOCAT Listowner MEDLAB-L