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Re: How do you stop outgoing spam?

  • From: Iljitsch van Beijnum
  • Date: Mon Sep 09 19:53:26 2002 
On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Marshall Eubanks wrote:

> > Ok, suppose someone can touch type. The world record is something like 600
> > key presses per minute, which is 10 41-byte TCP packets per second ~= 4
> > kbps.

> When I go to Internet cafe's (I like Global Gossip), I connect my Ti-book
> to the local ethernet if at all possible (that's why I like Global Gossip) and
> use high bit rates (i.e., file transfers) in both direction.

Would the uploads be HTTP? That's the only thing I'd want to limit to a
few kbps. (Well, and outgoing SMTP to 0 kbps.)

> If I was limited to 4 kbps outbound, I would want my money back.

> Just one customer viewpoint :)

Understandable. On the other hand, spammers using internet cafes isn't
good either.