Re: 'Bad Guys are Winning' Despite Fight Against Spam

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Dennis Henderson wrote:

> > It might be that there is no solution for entirely dealing with spam, and
> > I can think of a possible proof of this. But I don't need a total
> > solution, I just need something that throttles it back considerably.
>
>
> Well sometimes I tire of the folks that just sit back and poopoo any effort
> or idea that actually works, even if only for today.
>
> If you're on the IT side of it, executives and associates alike, whether
> they're stupid or not for using their company email address for non business
> related stuff, get load of spam. They dont know why nor do they care. They
> just want it to go away.
>
> By carefully analyzing characteristics of spam sources, we've been able to
> apply serveral techniques that have been very effective on Spam. But all the
> clues point to the source; residential PCs. Economics has everything do to
> with it. So take away the port 25 vector and the tactical cost just came
> close to infinity for some botherders.. Sure, you say, they will just switch
> gears.. Well I think it would be great to force that change. It might expose
> some of the activity that various groups have yet to be able to suss out.
>
>
>
> Solly, you had me there for a minute with your I know how to make the rain
> stop....   I really expected a more global solution than an large
> umbrella....

See, I don't mind if it rains on you. I only want to stop the rain on me. 

> Have a grand Christmas and a bully boxing day to follow!
 
And a good Yule to you, or Saturnalia, or Samhein, or whatever you call
your mid-winter festival. But the only boxes I'll be dealing with will be 
the ones containing chocolates.

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