Re: Spam wars (was test)

Dominic Cronin30/11/03 6:44 PM

> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:26:03 -0000, "Jon Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> The ISP I use for my web hosting is currently working on a similar system,
>> again using the lists. emails that come through to me on email accounts
>> connected with my sites are currently marked as low priority - something
>> again I can set rules for.
>> 
> My ISP tags anything coming through a known open relay, which cuts down the
> volume hugely, but it's still getting worse too quickly for my liking. I hate
> the idea of being defeated by the bastards, which probably means that I'll
> waste a whole bunch of time in the near future shoring up the defences.
> 
Hi Dom, What always intrigues me whenever spam is discussed in Usenet, is
why the solution always seems to come down to the millions of us who are
GETTING spammed reacting to the problem.

We should be buying this specific piece of software, or using shareware, or
freeware or that browser, installing it; setting it up; and the way you do
it is easy...  Oh yeah etc.

Sorry, it's cyberbollocks - all of it.

Let me get this right. There are basically a few hundred spammers
CREATING 90% of this shite (USA a major problem and others catching
up) and the ISPs and Govts. know who they are...

...and yet millions of us should each spend money to solve the SAME problem
millions of times over.  Spend billions on expensive software, none of which
does the job well - and then the individual time installing it, configuring
it, updating it and otherwise phaffing about with it - all without solving
the actual problem of spam...  ?  ands involving a huge amount of time -
collectively millions and millions of hours.

Sorry, you don't need to be a '***kin' professor to work out what the
solution really needs to be.

CR