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Posted by Steven Lichter on March 18, 2008, 11:56 am
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Jim Haynes wrote:
> This was an item in slashdot today (http://slashdot.org)
> reporting some research that six botnets are generating
> 85 percent of the world's spam.
>
>
> ***** Moderator's Note *****
>
> I gave up on Slashdot a while back: IMNSHO, the site pushes a steady
> stream of "Gee Wiz" stories, but very little usable information. Seems
> to me that it's all flash and no pan.
>
> That aside, six or sixty doesn't matter: it's the fact that it's still
> coming and still profitable (obviously) that counts. My feelings about
> spam are the same as those on telemarketing: hitting delete just
> exascerbates the problem. The real solution is to take action, both
> with laws and with streetfighting, to make the business cost more than
> it's worth.
>
> When I'm elected President, things will change:
>
> 1. I'll sign a bill that will make it a crime to knowingly benefit
> from spam. The guy who writes the check is the one _I_ want in
> jail, not the guy who empties his trash into my inbox.
>
> 2. I'll embargo all email from countries without an actively enforced
> anti-spam law, and force them to go through a selected few gateways
> with _really_ good filters and _really_ poor throughput. They'll
> get the message fast enough.
>
> 3. I'll require that all email software sold to the Federal government
> or bought with government funds - which, effectively, means all
> software - contains anti-spam code such as Teergrube.
>
> At essence, spam is an attack on the economy of the western world.
> It's costing businesses billions of dollars each year, with no end in
> site and fortunes being made and bribes paid so that you and I can
> waste hours hitting "delete". It's government laxness that allows it,
> and only action by the government will stop it.
>
> Bill Horne
> Temporary Moderator
>
> (Please put [Telecom] at the end of the subject line of your post, or
> I may never see it. Thanks!)
>
I got another e-mail selling insurance from an online insurance agent!!
In the past i just deleted it, this time, I went to his web and noted
all the companies he had listed and e-mailed or went to their sites and
advise them; including a copy of the e-mail with the link as to what I
had found, within 1 day I either got e-mail from the companies or in one
case a phone call stating they would take action, one company did, they
fired the mailer who they thought was legit, YA Right a legit email
business, the guys web site is now a 404 error. I don't know it he is
gone for good. I had done the same for a company selling Dish Network
in San Diego, Dish would do nothing, so I posted all the company
officers phone and fax numbers on a Hacker newsgroup. The Spam site is
still running, but the e-mails to me which I had been getting 3 a day
stopped.
If the bosses starting hearing about the problem, they will take action.
--
The Only Good Spammer is a Dead one!! Have you hunted one down today?
(c) 2008 I Kill Spammers, Inc. A Rot In Hell Co.
***** Moderator's Note *****
I've gotten several replies to the original post on this topic, and
I'll post the good ones, but this isn't an anti-spam Digest, so I'll
end the thread after today.
If you want to fight spam, visit http://www.cauce.org/ and join the
cause.
Bill Horne
Temporary Moderator
(Please put [Telecom] at the end of the subject line of your post, or
I may never see it. Thanks!)
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