How about getting more people to use SURBLs, so once the spam
sites get listed, they get a lot less traffic? The silent
treatment may be better.
Jeff C.
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--On Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:34 PM -0700 Will Yardley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So what happens when said site is hosted by a legitimate web host which
acts on complaints? You end up driving up said hosting company's
bandwidth bills and (more importantly) very likely taking down other
si
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 11:05:30AM -0700, Justin Mason wrote:
> Kenneth Porter writes:
> > Every time I see a spam story on SlashDot I think how the SlashDot
> > effect could be used for good by getting everyone to visit the
> > spammer's site and take it to its knees, while driving up the
> > spa
> Steve Bertrand wrote:
>>>Finally, I would suggest that bombarding their purchasing forms with
>>>valid-looking purchase data, might work better.
>>
>>
>> As someone who deals with the consequences of DoS attacks, I
>> disagree
>> firmly with that approach, however...the above idea seems very
>> e
Steve Bertrand wrote:
Finally, I would suggest that bombarding their purchasing forms with
valid-looking purchase data, might work better.
As someone who deals with the consequences of DoS attacks, I disagree
firmly with that approach, however...the above idea seems very
entertaining and I was LMA
> Finally, I would suggest that bombarding their purchasing forms with
> valid-looking purchase data, might work better.
As someone who deals with the consequences of DoS attacks, I disagree
firmly with that approach, however...the above idea seems very
entertaining and I was LMAO when I read it..
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Kenneth Porter writes:
> Every time I see a spam story on SlashDot I think how the SlashDot effect
> could be used for good by getting everyone to visit the spammer's site and
> take it to its knees, while driving up the spammer's bandwidth bill. Ch
--On Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:31 AM -0400 Chris Santerre
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Reisstinnng urge to crack joke..feeling rising..so .so
difficult to not.arghhh.p.. *pop*
I think there's a pill for that. And even if there's not, someone should
soo
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Chris Santerre wrote:
On a related note, is anyone seeing the main spamassassin site down now?
-Dan
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>-Original Message-
>From: Dan Mahoney, System Admin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:06 PM
>To: Chris Santerre
>Cc: 'Jim Maul'; users@spamassassin.apache.org
>Subject: Re: SlashDotting spammers
>
>
>On Thu, 23 Se
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:21:24 -0400
Jim Maul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoting Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:11:39 -0700
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> Kenneth Porter wrote:
> >> > Every time I see a spam story on SlashDot I think how the
> >> > SlashDot
>-Original Message-
>From: Jim Maul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:21 AM
>To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
>Subject: Re: SlashDotting spammers
>
>
>Quoting Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> On Thu, 23 Sep 2
Quoting Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:11:39 -0700
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kenneth Porter wrote:
> Every time I see a spam story on SlashDot I think how the
> SlashDot effect could be used for good by getting everyone to
> visit the spammer's site and take it to its knee
On Thursday, September 23, 2004, 6:42:21 AM, Raquel Rice wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:11:39 -0700
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> IMO the best way to combat spam is not to buy the advertised
>> product.
> That seems like a no-brainer. What do I need a penis extender for?
I'm not touching th
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:11:39 -0700
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kenneth Porter wrote:
> > Every time I see a spam story on SlashDot I think how the
> > SlashDot effect could be used for good by getting everyone to
> > visit the spammer's site and take it to its knees, while driving
> > up the spam
--On Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:13 AM -0400 Matt Kettler
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
3) this could be profitable for the spammer if the link is on a
click-based ad revenue generation system.
At least until the ad supplier catches on to it.
At 01:05 AM 9/23/2004 -0700, Will Yardley wrote:
> It makes me wonder if there's some way to grab a random link from SURBL to
> consume a spammer's bandwidth allocation.
This scheme has been suggested before.
There are a couple of reasons why it's not a good idea...
And let's not forget:
3) this co
Kenneth Porter wrote:
> Every time I see a spam story on SlashDot I think how the SlashDot
> effect could be used for good by getting everyone to visit the
> spammer's site and take it to its knees, while driving up the
> spammer's bandwidth bill. Check out the first few posts in today's
> story:
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 12:39:11AM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> Every time I see a spam story on SlashDot I think how the SlashDot effect
> could be used for good by getting everyone to visit the spammer's site and
> take it to its knees, while driving up the spammer's bandwidth bill.
[...]
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