Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:35:58 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HOTMAIL.COM, JUNO.COM, etc.... Message-ID: <25824.870284158@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:42:40 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970730093838.6993A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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spork wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970730093838.6993A-100000@super-g.inch.com>: > The thing that confuses me about the ton of spam I get from at&t, > earthlink, etc. is the fact that with all the resources these people have, And why UUNet claim that they do not have enough resources to track down the AdultSights spammer that is now (ab)using their dialins to flood USENET with EMP. *sigh* There was enough trouble getting them kicked off Bell Atlantic Internet Service (which actually involved shutting down some peering sessions with BAIS to show them that they don't belong on USENET unless they take spam seriously), and now UUNet, people who should know better, are housing them? GRRRRRRRRRRR If you look at http://www.news.erols.com/feedinfo/ you'll notice an article volum of 850k yesterday. That's up 200% in under a year, and 50% in 24 hours. (It was about 600k the day before). The really sad bit is that the actual no. of ``signal'' articles has remained about constant. The 600k/day increase since last year is just spam and the associated cancels. Which is likely to get worse before it gets better, as apparently Cyberpromo have a USENET spammer which resends the spam when it sees the last round was cancelled. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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