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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: anybody else been spammed by "no-ip.com" yet?
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 06:01:49PM -0600, [email protected] said: [snip] > Passing laws and putting on filters don't work. Depending on each mail > server admin to do the right thing doesn't work. We need to find > something else that will. I'm beginning to think that fighting the spam itself is futile. What we should perhaps be focusing on is removing access to whatever is being spamvertised (frequently a get-rich-quick website, porn site, diet site, etc. - but generally a website somewhere, that can have the plug pulled). Most of the discussion so far has focused on fighting the spam, but most of the methods feel a bit akin to moving an object tied to a rope by pushing the rope. I may get 15 spams from 15 different originating points, with 15 different headers, but they will frequently _all_ be advertising the same site or service. Wouldn't it be simpler to focus efforts on cutting off service to whatever is being spamvertised? It's the single link in the chain that, if cut, will take away the point of the spam. Thinking out loud here ... I realize there are problems (free/throwaway hosting, non-responsive network/hosting providers in other parts of the world, etc. etc.), but I think focusing on removing the motivation for the spam would be easier than trying to stop spam directly. -- Scott Francis [email protected] [home:] d a r k u n c l e . n e t Systems/Network Manager [email protected] [work:] t o n o s . c o m GPG public key 0xCB33CCA7 illum oportet crescere me autem minui Attachment:
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