Distributed SPAM networks

You know, the last three times you've asked these questions someone including myself have asked for the article to be posted.

Please, either start to post the articles, or stop asking these questions!!!!

With this one, I can't even comment from the question asked as I don't know enough about Spam networks.

But I do want to say this. I think that all Spammers should be taken out into a field where all of us computer nerds are allowed to publicly stone them! Death to all spammers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They're the freakin the Devil Incarnate.

Mrafrohead

with my collegue, Mr. Afrohead. In this case, however, I agree with him on both counts.

If TR is going to solicit responses to an article, it is terribly bad form not to link the article. I spend enough time looking for my car keys, I don't needto be on a scavenger hunt.

I firmly believe that there is a special place in hell set aside for spammers and serial killers. In this particular area of hell, the spammers are set in front of a computer with an infinite supply of spam in the inbox. The delete key has a thumbtack glued to it facing upward. If they stop deleting, the serial killers are released.

If there is ANY justice in the universe, this is so.

I third the motion - Post a link to the article.

If you do, I'll reply. If you don't, I won't.

The article does have some merit as to how spam can be transmitted from 'trojanized' computers.. but the reality is that most spammers send out several hundered thousand spam/uce emails a day from there own high powered servers located far away fromthe continental united states.

Tired of sporn? What moral person isn't? This is one problem that should be regulated by the us government and the internet service providers that knowing allow spammers to send uce/sporn should be held financially liable.

A lot of states do have laws that prohibit the sending of uce/spam.

Next step is to punish the virus writers and stop whining about 1st amendment rights.

How do you tell if the E-mail is a forgery?

We had an instance where our Cisco Content Engine was used to bounce email spam. We were contacted by our state department that there had been complaints about us spamming. I just banned all smtp traffic to and from that equipment since it was only used for http only traffic and that seems to have stopped the problem.

I never thought about that piece of equipment being able to be used in that manner.

Never happened yet.. I hope not... but something my Internet (Intranet) company did... they have a "Spam fryer". You can select delete or put it in a special folder.. I choose for now folders, because many ads are not spams or junk mails: I discovered when I choose "delete" some were deleted and were not the bad ones.. (just started with ads ex: "webmd'. It is a godd thing to have a "SPAM FRYER". Maybe if your ISP introduce an application like this... It would be very useful for you... thanks for your good newsletters.

I am seeing the proliferation of new- so called- blitznhide software that either hides the originator's isp info or otherwise masks it for email/UCE. I hope those who use it realize that shortly, there will be a way to ferret this/unmask the perp, and stop unethical use of an incredible tool for online sales and information distribution. I am always interested in hearing updates, and try to read all techrepublic ezines to keep ahead. Keep up the good work, ;-) William.

Never had this problem. My cable company has on their network a "Spam Fryer" very useful.. You can set it to delete or file it... great. I can choose and delete what I want.