[NTLUG:Discuss] the breaking point of spam

[Neil Aggarwal]

Richard:

I have been running a spam blocking service for almost 5 years
now.

ISPs do not see spam as a problem they need to fight.  Almost 
all of our spam reports fall on deaf ears.

The only way to force an ISP to respond to spam complaints
is to hit them where it hurts - financially.

The only solution I have seen to that so far is to disrupt
enough of their customers to the point where they find
it more costly to deal with the problems of being blocked
than to ignore the spam reports.

Our service at http://www.spammilter.com allows the user to
control their own whitelists.  They can whitelist a sender's
email address, domain, or even allow all spam through to
a given recipient domain or email address.  I think the
user needs to be in control of the filtering on their
inbox.

If I did not run some kind of filter, I would get thousands
of spam messages per day.  That is not a feasible option.

Thanks,
	Neil

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discuss-bounces at ntlug.org 
> [mailto:Discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf Of Richard Geoffrion
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:24 AM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] the breaking point of spam
> 
> Something is wrong with the technology when 91% of an email 
> server's mail is
> spam.  Blacklists are NOT a solution. It appears that ComCrap is now
> incorrectly listing servers that forward mail for alias 
> accounts as spam
> servers.  There seems to be no human contact at Comcrap but 
> the automated
> utility seems to unlist multiple times upon request.  Other 
> issues where
> static/non-dialup IP addresses are listed in SORBS (a volunteer-run
> blacklist that should never be used by a business interested 
> in receiving
> email) can leave end users unable to resolve issues on their 
> own and leave
> them at the mercy of their ISPs to get off SORBS...which....ultimately
> leaves the ISP at the mercy of SORBS who is wholly 
> unconcerned with prompt
> resolutions.
> 
> I've recently taken the stance that it is the recipient's 
> responsibility to
> receive email.  I have quit trying to fight the myriad of lists.
> 
> Where are people in the Linux community going to throw their 
> support behind
> a replacement solution? AMTP looked good but doesn't look 
> like it is going
> to be adopted.  Someone somewhere has GOT to think of 
> something that can be
> implemented into the current setup that would make a cutover 
> painless and
> desireable.
> 
> -- 
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
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