Pricing (was Re:The problem as I see it..) (Score 1)

Then they released their pricing structure, and I was shocked.. it was completely unrealistic.. it would cost more to subscibe to the RBL+ than spam costs us in bandwidth..

That's my impression as well. I run a rather small web hosting business with about 500 mailboxes. The profit margin just isn't that great and besides, most of my customers wouldn't know the difference between filtered and unfiltered mail.

I would've been willing to pay $25 or $30 a month for the MAPS service, but $1500/year is just crazy for something that's been free for so long.

Oh well... They'll price themselves out of business and maybe somebody with some common sense will come along with a moderately priced alternative.