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> you were creating it from a network that somebody had used for a lot of IG account creation

I'm so tired of people insisting on using IP addresses for things that aren't packet routing.

> I'm so tired of people insisting on using IP addresses for things that aren't packet routing.

And? What is your proposal instead that is practical?

My proposal is only using IP addresses for packet routing and nothing else at all. All those IP-based "spam reputation" schemes only punish unsuspecting people for doing nothing wrong, for something they are unaware of and can't change.

That is true of basically every anti-spam mechanism that exists. This is the trade-off to trying to deal with spam.

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