Re: [Asrg] [IP] do-not-email list canned

["George Ou" <george_ou at netzero.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan DeKok" <aland at ox.org>
To: <asrg at ietf.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Asrg] [IP] do-not-email list canned


> "George Ou" <george_ou at netzero.com> wrote:
> > What is the likelihood that the official SMTP server would allow a
> > user to send out 10,000 messages a minute or even 100 messages a
> > minute?
>
>   It's happening today.
>
>   People with lots of money to spend on machines don't necessarily
> know how to administer them.  As a result, their machines "attack"
> people with less money to spend on machines.  There have been cases
> where an "owned" machine was sending 10^6 messages/day to one
> destination, and the administator of that machine hadn't even
> noticed...

If a legitimate ISP is so careless that they will permit their legitimate
user accounts to send a million pieces of spam a day, that ISP should be
black listed.  How is this any different than running an open relay SMTP
server.  Simply black list that ISP or that Domain.

George Ou


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