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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: "Make love, not spam"....
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: "Make love, not spam".... > > > > Rich Kulawiec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Already noted as unbelievably stupid and dissected on Spam-L, > > I'm inclined to agree... > > > but: getting into a bandwidth contest with spammers is a guaranteed > > loss, as they have an [essentially] infinite amount available to > > them for free. Apparently Lycos is unaware of zombies (including > > those hosting web sites), HTTP redirectors, rapidly-updating DNS, > > throwaway domains, and other facts of life in the spam sewer. > > ... but this screensaver means that Lycos *also* have a botnet > available to them. That means they are subject to the same sanctions as a botnet. This isn't a new issue to the operator community. We have a consistent opinion of this type of actvity going as far back as Green Card Lawyers and Sanford Wallace/Cyberpromo. The risks are too high for this to be anything but a publicity stunt. I can't read any German other than "bier". Is the utility up there? I'd love to take a look at it. -M<
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