Re: Why spam is a problem.

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry at piermont.com>]

Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu> writes:
> > Extending the TCPA to include unsolicited commercial mail is our best
> > collective hope at slowing down spam in the short term, 
> 
> yeah, like it's really going to stop the spam coming from Korea. 

I stop that by blocking anything coming in with a Korean character
set. That and the thing blocking anything with a Chinese character set
stop a huge number of hits a day. I'm not concerned, actually, about
the garbage I can automatically eliminate. What concerns me is the
fraction that I can't, like the "Giant Discount!" spam that just made
it past my filters.

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