spam issues

[Collins Richey]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:01:54 -0700
Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:

> The broadband providers could mitigate this problem by blocking
> incoming traffic to their customer's systems on ports 25, 80, and
> commonly used proxy ports.  When @HOME was running the AT&T cable
> network, they were doing this (probably in response to ``Code Red''
> and ``Nimda'').  When ATTBI took over they dropped these filters, and
> COMCAST hasn't put them back.  I see dozens of relay attempts from
> attbi/comcast every day, and add the hosts individually to our local
> RBL.
> 

I've passed on your comments (the snippet above) to comcast.net.  We'll
see whether anything comes of that.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the 
worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.