[Mimedefang] OT but interesting hopefully - Spammers embrace email authentication
Kelson
kelson at speed.net
Fri Sep 3 13:42:26 EDT 2004
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.
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Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>
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