[Mimedefang] OT but interesting hopefully - Spammers embrace email authentication

[Kelson]

Jeff Rife wrote:

> The first isn't possible due to the fact 
> that domains cost basically nothing to buy.  A bad guy can have 50 
> domains waiting in the wings, and send SPF-accurate SPAM from each one 
> until they start getting caught by rules like you say.  Then, they move 
> on to the next domain.  Multiply that by thousands of bad guys, and 
> life sucks.

Check out www.surbl.org.  They're actually quite effective at catching 
spam based on domain names - in this case of the websites being 
spamvertized - despite the turnover potential.

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>