[Mimedefang] FTC asks ISPs to crack down on zombie PCs

[Kenneth Porter]

--On Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:47 AM -0500 Ben Kamen <bkamen at benjammin.net> 
wrote:

> We (the ISPs) can't manage/run/maintain our networks for our everyday
> customers. So let's stick it to the folks who need more by offering
> "business class" service which will help pay for the people who are
> smarter than monkeys we have running the system now.

Agreed. I wouldn't be opposed to blocking port 25 if there were a way to 
get it unblocked for the clueful, like a web page that takes someone 
slightly more savvy than a monkey to navigate, and that you don't get free 
help to fill in. (Maybe require the user to solve a sendmail rule puzzle!)