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RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gadi Evron)
Fri Nov 14 18:36:23 2008
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:35:46 -0600 (CST)
From: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
To: Dave Larter <dave@stayonline.com>
In-Reply-To: <8B79B73777E7D544A24BEB8FC50D35DB353390@MERCURY.socrdu.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Dave Larter wrote:
> I would agree, a tedious drop. The image is from one of our gateways.
Spam will be back. The value is that we see networks no longer willing to
accept bad apples among them. There are other pros and cons, but if
nothing else, it's a moral victory and makes some of us feel
good--finally.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Black [mailto:black@csulb.edu]
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:56 AM
> To: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams
> andSpamsKnockedOffline (fwd)
>
> Since McColo, et al., cutting off those miscreant customers
> on Wednesday, I've noticed a huge decline in connection
> attempts to our e-mail gateways. Even if their efforts are
> temporary, the change is quite noticeable.
>
> matthew black
> e-mail postmaster
> california state university, long beach
>
>
