A large part of my job includes analyzing SPAM into our systems. I can assure you that most of the SPAM from major ISPs that I see comes from comcast followed by roadrunner, verizon and cox. I used to see a ton of spam from optonline but it dwindled to almost nothing since they blocked port 25 access from subscribers. I also see almost no spam from AOL and nothing from MSN. Comcast is, by far, the worst from my perspective and roadrunner is a close second.
Regards, Howie --- On Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:22 PM, Jim Davis scribed: --- > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:52 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Comcast Broadband Speed Bump >> >> Sarcasm....maybe. However, tons of SPAM does originate from comcast >> zombies (not to be confused with Rob Zombie or the cocktail). > > My problem with this is that while true it seems to single out > Comcast for > not solving a problem faced by all other ISPs as well. Comcast is the > largest broadband provider and thus has the most problems of this > kind, but I've not seem anything that shows that they have more > problems, per user, > than other broadband providers. > > Comcast offers a free year of McAfee Firewall Plus > (http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/affiliates/Comcast/landingpages/default.asp?affi > d=108-01&cid=7235) and big discounts on anti-virus. They target > computers sending too much mail and suspend the accounts. > > They encourage customers to surf safely and stay up to date. The > service center has security first and foremost and contains > up-to-date information about current scams and patches. > > Comcast could do more, of course, but this still strikes me as an > industry issue, not the issue of one company. It's also a cost > issue: most estimates are, for example that permanently blocking all > port 25 traffic would cost something like $55 million in support > costs. It's also clear that such a measure would be only temporarily > effective - should they spend that every > few months to reconfigure end users? > > Spammers get smart and work around limitations. Blocking port 25 on > machines that were sending mass mail worked well... then spammers > configured the machines to send fewer and fewer mails over longer > periods. The newer zombies use the ISPs own mail servers rather than > there own masking their activities even more. > > So, what should Comcast do that they're not doing? > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146788 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
