spam issues

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:33:22 -0400 (EDT)
Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, ronnie gauthier wrote:
> > I've had it with spam, RBL's bite. So what to do?
> > I have taken drastic measures. I wish others would follow suit. We
> > could kill spam in short order. How? I have got fed up with yahoo a
> > while back and blocked them. A while back I had a rash of spam from
> > comcast.com and mail them and complained heavily, it stopped. Until
> > this week. Now comcast is blocked. When I say blocked I dont mean
> > filtered I mean blocked from all my domains and clients mail
> > servers. FSCK to domains with a lax attitude about spam, let them
> > eat bounces.
> 
> what is that solving?  spam preys on the weakest link & lowest common
> denominator.  blocking off entire netblocks is just cutting off your
> nose to spite your face.

As an ISP, I'm striking back locally.

I own my netblocks. I have my sights on a local spammer.  I've now
billed them 2 months for using my servers and my bandwidth for their
commercial advertising to my clients.  Next week, I send out a past due
notice with a note that if they don't pay within a week, I'll start
court proceedings against them for non-payment.  I plan to sequester
their company as part of the whole thing.  Will let folks know as I go
how it goes.

In the states, I'd suggest not suing the spammers, but go after the
folks hiring them.  Many spam links lead to companies/servers in the US.
 Go after those folks with a vengeance.  I suspect you'll have to be
using your own mail server to make claims like I am.  But if companies
start learning that hiring spammers will land them in court, they'll
probably stop and spam will become a non-issue.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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