> But  the  marketing department shot down a ban on port 25 because of
> its  circa  $58  million  price  tag--so high partially because some
> subscribers  would  have  to  be  told how to reconfigure their mail
> programs to point at Comcast's servers...

$18  billion  revenue at a ~40% profit margin minus a one-time expense
of $58 million...poor babies.

> Instead,  Comcast's engineers plan to try the innovative approach of
> identifying   the   zombie   PCs  and  surreptitiously  sending  the
> subscriber's  cable  modem a new configuration routine that prevents
> outbound connections on port 25.

Ooh,  super-cool. I'm sure the spammers will _never_ find a way around
that one.

--Sandy


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