"Spam fighters hit criminals' weak spot" (infoworld)

[Paul Vixie <paul () vix com>]

Anti-spam groups want to target sources instead of relying on filters to
decrease stream of junk e-mail

By Robert McMillan
August 24, 2007

Is the fight against spam horribly misguided?

For years, spam haters have relied on junk-mail filters and Internet
blacklists, but lately some are saying it's time for a change in tactics. 

Their answer: follow the money. And that means going after the Web sites where
spammers sell their pharmaceuticals and watches and male enhancement products.

Misguided or not, it's pretty easy to argue that the fight against spam has
been a losing proposition of late. At the end of last year, mail admins
noticed a big spike in the amount of spam flooding their inboxes. Between July
1 and the end of the year, spam jumped to nearly 60 percent of all e-mail
traffic monitored by Symantec, and many administrators say it makes up an even
greater percentage of e-mail now.

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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/24/Spam-fighters-hit-criminals-weak-spot_1.html
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