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Re: Spam. Again.. -- and blocking net blocks?

  • From: Neil J. McRae
  • Date: Tue Dec 10 10:52:52 2002 
> > Questions:
> > 1) How do we smack some sense into spews?
> 
> Very difficult.... we had a similar problem. One bad customer and SPEWS
> blackholes not only our corporate LAN but also my HOME address range,
> and that of my home ISP, who was not even peripherally involved.
> 
> We just had to sit it out, as SPEWS is not accountable, or contactable.
> Eventually the listing decayed, but it was a real problem for us while
> it lasted.
> 

There is no technical solution to spam.

Regards,
Neil.