[13265] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Spam Control Considered Harmful
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (NetSurfer)
Fri Oct 31 21:08:27 1997
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:04:59 -1000 (HST)
From: NetSurfer <netsurf@pixi.com>
To: Matt Ryan <matt@planet.net.uk>
cc: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <matt-971030101738.A0218158@banana.planet.net.uk>
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Matt Ryan wrote:
> If people are having trouble with their mailservers dying under the spammers
> attack(!) then I would suggest they need a more scalable system.
If the spammers argue that they have a right to send a machine 4000+
messages then why is it mail bombing when someone retaliates and sends the
spammer 4000+ messages? Do the spammers need a more scalable system?
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James D. Wilson
netsurf@pixi.com
