-- more on -- Spammers declare war on spam blockers?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 18:46:11 -0400
> From: Tom Van Vleck <tvanvlec () nailabs com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Spammers declare war on spam blockers?
> To: dave () farber net
>
> Robert Bruce Thompson writes, in his weblog at
>   http://www.ttgnet.com/daynotes/2003/2003-35.html#Wednesday
>
> > I think the only real solution to spam is the vigilante
> > approach. The overwhelming majority of spam messages are
> > produced by just a few major spammers. I've seen various
> > estimates, but certainly the top 200 spammers are responsible
> > for at least 80% and probably 95% of the spam generated
> > world-wide. The only effective way I can see to kill the spam
> > is to kill the spammers, or at least enough of them that the
> > others take notice and stop their behavior.
> >
> > Imagine the effect if tomorrow morning CNN reported that a
> > major spammer had been found shot to death, with a "No Spam"
> > postcard pinned to his chest. Then, a couple mornings later,
> > CNN reports that another notorious spammer had been shot and
> > killed from ambush. Then, a week later, another spammer dies
> > when his home burns to the ground. From the spammers' point of
> > view, one is unfortunate, two may be a coincidence, but three
> > starts to look like a plan.
>
> This certainly gives a new meaning to the phrase "death of the
> Internet."  This is terrible.
>
> (If I had known, back in 1965, that writing the MAIL command
> for CTSS would lead to death threats and attacks on businesses,
> I would have written some other program.
>   http://www.multicians.org/thvv/mail-history.html
> )

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