[Scspamcop] Re: low importance - anyone know what this spammer is peddling?

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On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 07:17:06 -0400
"Miss Betsy" <devnull at spamcop.net> wrote:

> That is great what you are doing!  And, you are absolutely correct
> about being legally aggressive.  I don't understand why more internet
> companies are not more aggressive.  Just think if that was all
> someone did all day, how many spammers could be thwarted.
> 
> However, most people who are simply users (and a lot of server
> admins, too, I expect) are just too busy to take the time to track
> spammers and police stations down.  I once found an address in NJ and
> was going to try to visit it when we went there to visit my son, but
> never had the opportunity. And, lots more of the users don't have the
> technical expertise to do that.

Well most people don't have the time to do this. Think about just how
many mail servers out here don't even bother to use RBL, how many, that
do use RBL actually report the spam... And then, how many of those
actually do something about the spam sources...

Anyone who tries to fend of any form of computer abuse should really
take a look at the case in The Cuckoos Egg by Cliff Stoll... That guy
had to spend years solving his problems.

How many companies are going to pay someone to do this when there is no
possible financial gain for them, when in fact they are possibly
indirectly helping competitors.

Perhaps if we could turn it into a form of extreme sport there would be
better results.

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