[30556] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: surge in spam email (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Fri Aug 11 13:16:36 2000
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:14:07 -0700
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@mail-abuse.org>
To: North American Network Operators Group Mailing List <nanog@merit.edu>
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On 08/10/00, "Greg A. Woods" <woods@weird.com> wrote:
> These issues, along with the fact that a significant portion of spammers
> are already off-shore, especially for us Canadians, are why I think a
> technical solution is the only real solution that'll ever stand a chance
> of success in the long run.
How many years have we been attempting technical solutions?
Five, six?
I work for MAPS. The RBL and things like it are probably the
most effective tools we've got for stopping spammers (note I
don't say "stopping spam" -- there are other ways to refuse
the largest number of messages, but we want to stop SPAMMERS.)
These may look like technical tools, but in truth, boycotts
are social -- as they have to be, because spam is, and has
always been, a SOCIAL problem.
I was about to rant a whole lot more on this subject, but then
I remembered that NANOG is about technical issues, so it'd be
out of place. If anybody's curious, please e-mail me off list.
--
J.D. Falk "Laughter is the sound
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