[ShadowAce]

[TalonDJ]

Bah! This guy is not too bright.

Namely, even if spammers were to move to other avenues, it's still worth closing port 25 to stop them from using it.

Sooo.... spammers can find a way around it but it is worth blocking it anyway.... sure, if that is worth it then why not block all ports and shut everything down? ISP's blocking 25 is a stupid solution. Microsoft actually making harder to hijack your computer is the solution.

[Thud]

ping

[RockinRight]

This highway to hell???

[proxy_user]

I would think that the main problem would be that the ISPs want to maintain common carrier status. If they start becoming responsible for what users do, there's no end to it.

[TheForceOfOne]

Fight fire with fire, spam the spammers until their servers blow. Just create a software program that sends the spam back to the spammer 1000 fold for each spam received. Probably better enacted by IPS's and not the end user for a number of reasons.

[JayP56]

The idiots will just come up with new zombies that use different ports.......

[N. Theknow]

This must have been what happened to me about two months ago.

I started getting all sorts of "bounced" email messages and cannot deliver messages for one of my email addresses.

Before I disabled the address I was gettiing over 20,000 emails a day.

[quietolong]

I don’t smoke.
But I understand now. So states can shake down there residents.
Credit card co. will no longer do cigarette transactions over the net.
If they can do this Why not stop co. that use SPAM from using credit cards to get money.
If you ask me SPAMERS are a lot more annoying than smokers.

[evilC]

The real problem is the people who order products advertised in spam. These are the people who make the whole game so profitable. If nobody ordered from spam, it would not be worth sending.

While it presents obvious problems, I would love to see "fake" spam (can spam be "real"?), so that when the user clicks on it and tries to order he gets a warning about stupidity. He also would have his name posted on a Fools Hall of (Sh)Fame website. Employers could check what employees tried to buy fake degrees. Businesses could check which customers tried to buy fake ID. Guys could check on which buddy tried to buy Vi4gr4 or p3n15 enlargement products.

After enough people had been humiliated in this fashion, perhaps the message would get out. Do not respond to unsolicited e-mail offers. It is a loser’s game.

[Onyxx]

Technological Ping!