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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 Mon, 6 May 2002, Scott Francis wrote: > 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). > The major problem I see with this is the need to verify that the spamvertised site actually requested or paid for the spam. After all, what's to prevent me from spamming in the name of xyz.com just so I can see them shutdown? More importantly, you need evidence to shut a customer and being spamvertised alone is not necessarily sufficient. -Mike
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