Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail

[der Mouse <mouse () rodents montreal qc ca>]

> 3) Is it just me, or does it seem that the ultimate result of this
> will be improved virii?  Most of the spam I receive today seems to be
> from infected machines, which are sending emails that from a
> technical standpoint can look completely legit and trace back only to
> the infected machine.  From that perspective, it seems that this is
> only going to increase financial burdens on small companies that
> can't afford good workstation security.

Well, boo hoo hoo.

Anyone - company or otherwise - who can't keep their machines
uninfected should not be on the net.  It's time, and past, that there
were real penalties for such public irrespnosibility.

(Yes, for most individuals, that means farming out the work.  So?)

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