[NTLUG:Discuss] the breaking point of spam

[Leroy Tennison]

Chris Cox wrote:
> steve wrote:
>   
>> Neil Aggarwal wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>> Okay and on a more serious note: I hate to say it, but what 
>>>> if there were 
>>>> legislation introduced?  
>>>>         
>>> There has been legislation introduced.  It has been
>>> completely ineffective....
>>>       
>> ...because SPAM may not originate (or end up) in the
>> country that passed the legislation.  If the USA
>> put in place anti-Spam laws with multiple years of
>> imprisonment and hundred thousand dollar fines, just
>> how much of the Spam from Russia, China and Nigeria
>> (to mention but a few) do you think that would that
>> deter?
>>     
>
> Spam doesn't come from China, etc... merely their
> massive amounts of open relays are used by spammers.
> Thus, if you block out China, etc... you'll get rid
> of quite a bit of it.
>
> Punish the ISPs that have netblocks that are used
> by spammers.
>
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Uh, I'm beginning to feel like this thread is spam ....