[CS-FSLUG] How to keep from getting spammed?

[Ed Hurst]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote:

> Unfortunately, it's kind of hard to get the word out to the whole "'net"
> population. I think the site has "a" valid point. But, I believe that not all
> spammers are doing it for the money. Some, now I'm just speculating here,
> probably do it just because they can, for the fun of it. Like virus writers;
> are there any profits to be made from writing and releasing viruses? None
> that I am aware of. Maybe someone will educate me on this point. Spam is a
> problem, but in my opinion, it will remain a problem until we all go to a
> challenge/response type of email system. I've ofen thought that the
> challenge/response type of system is the answer to the spam problem, at least
> for those who use such a system. But, some people are offended at the request
> to verify themselves, and so never complete the verification process. The
> above web site does have a valid point, if nobody were responding to spam,
> then what's the point of spamming? I've just been thinking and rambling here,
> not necessarily trying to make any point.

I believe the virus writers are now dominated by a commercial intent:
they harvest the maximum number of slaved boxes to then lease to
spammers. Thus, spammers can hide their real identity and not get
booted from their ISP.

Just yesterday I had to clean up a bunch of blog spam from one IP
address, but the ISP informed me the machine was zombied, and there was
no means to trace the real culprit. At least the they closed its
connection to prevent further mischief.

Ed Hurst
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