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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. Tried to be first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have been visiting Slashdot for a probably a little over a year and I have never been online when they submitted and new story and I could be the first poster. Well when it happens I am not logged in and forgot my password. Grrrr... I saw my chance slip through my fingers.

  2. Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  3. editors, hello by MattW · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's 2 stories in a row where you've had glaring errors in the text. Hello? You don't even have to _write_ this stuff, you just have to make sure its not mangled. Please pay a little attention, a hundred thousand people are watching.

  4. Re:Effective fighting against spam... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn that natural viagra....