[OT] Re: Python open proxy honeypot

2006-06-15 Thread Serge Orlov
imcs ee wrote: > On 13 Jun 2006 15:09:57 -0700, Serge Orlov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alex Reinhart wrote: > > My spam folder at gmail is not growing anymore for many months (it is > > about 600-700 spams a month). Have spammers given up spamming gmail.com > > only or is it global trend? > Gma

Re: [OT] Re: Python open proxy honeypot

2006-06-14 Thread imcs ee
On 13 Jun 2006 15:09:57 -0700, Serge Orlov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Reinhart wrote: > My spam folder at gmail is not growing anymore for many months (it is > about 600-700 spams a month). Have spammers given up spamming gmail.com > only or is it global trend? Gmail said "messages that have

Re: [OT] Re: Python open proxy honeypot

2006-06-13 Thread Alex Reinhart
Serge Orlov wrote: > Alex Reinhart wrote: >> Serge Orlov wrote: >>> IMHO it's pretty useless, spammers are starting to use botnets, and the >>> more you make inconvenient to them use open proxies, the more of them >>> will move to closed botnets. >> As long as I inconvenience them, or at least catc

[OT] Re: Python open proxy honeypot

2006-06-13 Thread Serge Orlov
Alex Reinhart wrote: > Serge Orlov wrote: > > IMHO it's pretty useless, spammers are starting to use botnets, and the > > more you make inconvenient to them use open proxies, the more of them > > will move to closed botnets. > As long as I inconvenience them, or at least catch one or two, I'll be >

Re: [OT] Re: Python open proxy honeypot

2006-06-13 Thread Alex Reinhart
Serge Orlov wrote: > IMHO it's pretty useless, spammers are starting to use botnets, and the > more you make inconvenient to them use open proxies, the more of them > will move to closed botnets. As long as I inconvenience them, or at least catch one or two, I'll be satisfied. > My spam folder at

[OT] Re: Python open proxy honeypot

2006-06-13 Thread Serge Orlov
Alex Reinhart wrote: > Being deluged by spam like nearly all of us (though fortunately I have a > very good spam filter), I also hate spam as much as almost everybody. I > know basic Python (enough to make a simple IRC bot) and I figured a good > project to help learn Python would be to make a simp