Re: Spammers hapless fate = ISP toil and sweat
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:20:35 +0200 (CEsT)
- Resent-date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:21:54 +0200
- Resent-message-id: <9709190921.AA09028@localhost
One thing we should keep in mind when implementing anti-spam
solutions is to not try to solve the problem like was done with
news.
Since people started rejecting massive cross-postings, the spammers
just sent a new article to each of the groups. Most of the spam
is binary pictures trying to attract people to their site, so the
amount of news traffic skyrocketed with dozens of copies of the
same stuff. Score: spammers 1
isps 0
I don't have a solution, but a wise man once said "don't try to
squeeze water in your hands without freezing it first."
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