I am curious, being new to the list. I saw a post once about a script that automatically reported a stammers IP to the rbl list automatically. Is this in use anywhere, and is it affective?
Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madscientist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] New spam techniques to be successful? > At 08:34 AM 6/22/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > I agree with Mike, and am somewhat gloomy on ever legally shutting down > >spammers. > > > > We may accomplish this in the U.S., but offshore beckons and they will set > >up there. > > > > We face what the military calls "bullets vs armor". In this game usually > >bullets win. I think we will be battling them forever, them killing our cpu > >cycles grinding on useless electronic garbage. I think as a whole we have > >to come up with some form of "aggressive armor" that identifies spammers > >and makes it costly for them to continue. > > > > We can't take them out but we can make it painful. > > I think this view misses a critical point. In a "bullets vs armor" the > laws of physics are constant. It is a siege. That is why bullets usually win. > > The Internet, in contrast, is an entirely artificial environment where we > can essentially "change the laws of physics". With a few well placed > adjustments we can leverage the computing power of the Internet against > it's abuse and make it extremely difficult for spammers to exist. > > It's not a trivial task, but it is possible, and as the threat posed by > spammers and other malware generators is perceived more strongly - so will > the need for change be felt until the adjustments needed are performed. > > The race is really against time and politics. Can we "fix" the Internet > before it is destroyed by regulation and biases imposed by "big business"? > I hope so. > > _M > > Pete McNeil (Madscientist) > President, MicroNeil Research Corporation > Chief SortMonster, www.SortMonster.com > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
