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Meat Plow <meat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:08:19 +0000, The Ghost In The Machine Has Frothed:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Meat Plow
>> <meat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:02:01 -0400
>> <pan.2006.10.02.22.02.00.617000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:50:57 +0200, Peter Köhlmann Has Frothed:
>>>
>>>> Meat Plow wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:29:59 +0100, Roy Schestowitz Has Frothed:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Subject: [News] 64.4% of E-mail is SPAM (Thanks, Microsoft!)
>>>>>> From:
>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To:
>>>>>> newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Date:
>>>>>> Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:29:59 +0100
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Old spammers learn new tricks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>> | Spam Bot operations are increasing in particularly in South
>>>>>> | American countries where it is the favoured method of distributing
>>>>>> | bank trojans and phishing scams.
>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam
>>>>>
>>>>> That's retransmitted by 'nix mx servers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Which is exactly their purpose.
>>>
>>> mx server's purpose is to retransmit spam. LOL
>>>
>>>
>> OK, dumb question. How does one distinguish spam from legit emails?
>
> Configure your server to check any one or all of over 300 spam databases
> available.
It's not the mx's job to clean up after networks of Windows machines
sending spam out onto the net. The solution is to remove the botnets.
No amount of your foul language will make you correct.
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