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Re: [Asrg] Spam detection system proposal

2003-03-07 11:05:39
At 8:53 AM -0500 3/7/03, Bill Yerazunis wrote:
When the fraction I/P for any SMTP sender exceeds the administrative
parameter P, the offending IP host may be automatically subjected by
the MTA software to the following sanctions:

I know of at least one ISP (and I'm sure there are others) that do this. He blocks based on bounces. As soon as he blocks an IP, another one starts sending him the spam. This goes on for thousands of IPs.

I seriously wonder if there isn't some rather sophisticated distributed server spam software running out there on rooted servers, and we just haven't figured it out yet.
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Kee Hinckley
http://www.puremessaging.com/        Junk-Free Email Filtering
http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/   Writings on Technology and Society

I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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