Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
> Tracing SPAM and blacklisting hosts (or even C/D-blocks) is something which
> is already done by spamcop.net, among other services. SpamAssassin feeds on
> these databases, I suspect, through lookups. But here is the issue. I work
> with networking and I see people whose computer got infected/hijacked every
> now and then. _These_ are the hosts that send you all that spam. The
> botmasters attack by proxy. So all you could do is disconnect many users and
> see some unhappy faced that whine "but I need to check my hotmail and get on
> the Internet (=double-click the Blue E)".
Exactly, if you cut their internet connection off at the router, they'd have
no choice but to clean up their computers.
Maybe after being blocked a few times they'd even see just how SHIT
microsoft really is and switch to linux.
:)
> And here comes the bomb: ISP's are lazy. Even UseNet abuse is often
> overlooked/altogether ignored.
Aye, a little government intervention will probably be needed to clean up
the spam mess. it HAS rendered one of the most valuable resources useless.
(e-mail). It's choked countless newsgroups to death and it costs billions of
dollars/quid a year to companies in spam filtration (some of which HAS to be
manual to avoid false positives) and network traffic.
And in some cases, in some 'exotic' places,
> you would barely have control over them. Blacklisting does not reduce
> traffic. It only protects victims.
Ah, but if the blacklisting was performed at the ROUTER rather than the
receiving e-mail server...
:)
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