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Fighting The Spammers Down Under

Posted by timothy on from the squash-foot-squash dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "The Sydney Morning Herald is running an interesting article about fighting spammers. It mentions that "Most of today's email spam, however, comes from a handful of culprits, described by Barry and others as &quotknown criminals&quot." Does anybody else wonder who these people are, and what are the odds of having them shut down for good?"

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  1. Yes, fight them down under! by Dr.+Awktagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, someone has come to recognized my preferred solution to fight spammers: kick them in the genitals.

    Or did you mean something else by "Fighting The Spammers Down Under"?

  2. Re:99/1 rule on spammers by pne · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get a lot of spam from the 127.0.0.0/8 netblock from some weirdo telling me I'm a spammer myself. I keep complaining but it doesn't seem to help.

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    Esli epei etot cumprenan, shris soa Sfaha.