ISP wants to stop outgoing web based spam

Fri Aug 11 08:16:11 UTC 2006

On Friday 11 Aug 2006 05:24, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > You should look after the automated tools (probably using a virus
> > scanner or something like this) and trigger a covert alert once they
> > are detected.  If the spam sent out is of the right kind, you can
> > phone the police and have the guy arrested.
>
> Please show me which virus scanner scans html pages for the words like V I
> A G R A, or Free M O R T G A G E, as it is going outbound.

HTTP::Proxy ?

I don't know what the icap support in Squid 3 will offer.

I'm with Florian, you are looking for a technical solution, when the problem 
is best solved on the ground.

Did you consider that perhaps your customer really is the spammer, or is 
complicit in the abuse?