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RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpamsKnockedOffline (fwd)

  • From: Gadi Evron
  • Date: Fri Nov 14 18:36:00 2008
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Dave Larter wrote:
I would agree, a tedious drop. The image is from one of our gateways.

Spam will be back. The value is that we see networks no longer willing to accept bad apples among them. There are other pros and cons, but if nothing else, it's a moral victory and makes some of us feel good--finally.


-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Black [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:56 AM
To: NANOG list
Subject: Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams
andSpamsKnockedOffline (fwd)

Since McColo, et al., cutting off those miscreant customers
on Wednesday, I've noticed a huge decline in connection
attempts to our e-mail gateways. Even if their efforts are
temporary, the change is quite noticeable.

matthew black
e-mail postmaster
california state university, long beach