--- Kent Borg <kentborg_at_borg.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 09:55:50PM -0400, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
> > Sorry about this, but the volume of spam has gotten
> > intolerable, and the domains that are hosting it have
> > been embargoed; anything from the domains
> >
> > yahoo.com
> > hotmail.com
> > msn.com
> > aol.com
> >
> > will be deleted with extreme prejudice.
I understand the sentiment, but that hoses me. I work for one of those
guys (I'm not admitting which one here - company policy) and I happen
to use a variety of names from those domains because I want *portable*
e-mail.
> I get a lot of spam, and I do not get much spam from those domains.
> Like nearly zero...
Agreed... as you say... lots of mail purports to come from those addresses
but does not. Personally, I don't have a problem with isolating entire
countries because they can't/won't tighten up open mail relays. There's
an entire thread about how/why South Korea is infamous for this, but it
boils down to a "standard" install for schools, and all the security
instructions are written in English, causing lots of adminstrators to
skip a post-install securing session... <rant,
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Received on Wed May 15 2002 - 11:53:30 BST