and that little issue with the oob
messages on wintendo could have been solved in less than a minute. instead
microsoft let it continue to go on for many years... (like all their other virus
bullshit - you'd almost start to think the anti-virus industry is paying them to
let those bugs continue to exists so more virusses can be created for them
;)
we're not gonna disconnect anyone's internet just because 'some people' refuse to just let dead and broken protocols and software be dead (or fix them up a little).
any line of code wasted on dnsbls or harrassing isps, won't solve the problem. a problem that to me is virtually non-existant as i barely use smtp anyway. the 1990s are over, there is plenty of better stuff out there... just use that.
now if YOU would have turned on spamhaus YOURSELF that indeed is YOUR choice...
however in by far most cases, that's not the case and it's the mail service provider making that choice for all of it's customers. giving spamhaus severe leverage to use as a means of extortion. (and also being blatantly illegal by itself - violates net neutrality).