"Brett Robson" <jet_boy@deja.com> wrote in message
news:brp17v0phk@drn.newsguy.com...
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:33:55 +0900, Ryan Ginstrom  ...
> > I take it to mean that they don't shut down the accounts of
> >spammers, since spamcop et al surely complain to the ISP before listing
IP
> >addresses as spammers.
>
> Yes. But the Island Mentallity applies in the internet business more that
any
> other.
<snip...>
> If you manage to contact them AND get a response, Japanse ISPs give
Japanese
> answers, "We are very sorry to cause problems, we will handle this
situation
> carefully"

This is pretty funny. The tech "support" dude told me that I should
personally contact the ISPs who blacklisted me, and tell them how sorry I
was to have caused them all this trouble, and to please unblacklist me.

I'll give the gol thing a try right now.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom