Indeed, I came up with the idea that you could do a global server load-balancing network and point it at known open relays (as kindly detected for you by ORBS or whatever), and result in a supremely large spam relay network. If you chose a different target at random for each connection, and if the load could be spread across enough machines, then the added load per machine would be almost undetectable. Nasty.
Oh gods...
This is yet another example to add to the list of "why we're grateful that the 'bad guys' aren't too bright". Along with the various examples of *truly* nasty viruses people have suggested...
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