anybody else been spammed by "no-ip.com" yet?

Tue May 7 05:13:34 UTC 2002

On Mon, 6 May 2002, Scott Francis wrote:

> On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 06:01:49PM -0600, forrestc at imach.com said:
> [snip]
> > Passing laws and putting on filters don't work.  Depending on each mail
> > server admin to do the right thing doesn't work.  We need to find
> > something else that will.
> 
> I'm beginning to think that fighting the spam itself is futile. What we
> should perhaps be focusing on is removing access to whatever is being
> spamvertised (frequently a get-rich-quick website, porn site, diet site, etc.
> - but generally a website somewhere, that can have the plug pulled).
> 

The major problem I see with this is the need to verify that the
spamvertised site actually requested or paid for the spam.  After all,
what's to prevent me from spamming in the name of xyz.com just so I can
see them shutdown?  More importantly, you need evidence to shut a customer
and being spamvertised alone is not necessarily sufficient.

-Mike