> I have only blocked entire domains temporarily, usually to fix a technical
> problem rather than block a user.
Oh, and FWIW -- I've only *permanently* banned two domains, other than
the blatant spamhouses (that's a different issue, I'm talking for
abuse-of-list issues). One was Juno, which I've already explained. The
other was a BBS in Canada, where I had continuing problems with an
abusive user on my lists, and when I tried talking to the admin about
his behavior, the admin was even more abusive than the user was. I
decided that this was the kind of site I really didn't feel like
offering my services to for any price, so I nuked it. Hopefully,
everyone was happy, except for the original abusive user, who went
underground with forged accounts and started harrassing my users via
private e-mail instead.
Oh, and it took me about six months, but I caught him, too. He was
p8ssed when I locked all of THOSE out, too. And, funny, shortly
thereafter, all his accounts died. As far as I can tell, he's not on
the net. Or at least, nowhere in his old haunts, or hiding really
well....
(I *told* him when we started that farce that I was really patient. He
didn't believe me...)
chuq
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