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Walling off Asian E-mail to Prevent Spam

Posted by timothy on from the one-of-the-trends-in-my-filter-list dept.

SomeoneYouDontKnow writes: "Seems there's been lots of spam news lately. This piece from Wired describes how frustrated sysadmins in the West are responding to a torrent of Asian spam by simply refusing all e-mail from that part of the world. As anyone who's ever reported spam to Asian ISPs can attest, getting a response of any kind is almost impossible, so some ISPs are simply giving up on receiving any mail from them. Setting up barriers like this is regrettable, but when the originating ISPs refuse to take responsibility for the actions of their users or close their open mail servers, there would seem to be no other choice. Has anyone ever had any kind of constructive conversation with one of these ISPs to see why they are unable or unwilling to do anything?"

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  1. I tried... by Indras · · Score: -1, Troll

    Has anyone ever had any kind of constructive conversation with one of these ISPs to see why they are unable or unwilling to do anything?

    I tried, but couldn't understand them. So I just sent Godzilla over to take care of the problem.

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  2. "let the spammers win" by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, because they're some kind of email terrorists that are trying to shut down the legitimate communication because it is the work of satan. Think before you type.

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  3. Re:Setback for the net? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    On the other hand, maybe it's time to realize that our differences are far deeper than skin color. Asians grew up in a different culture, far different from the Euro/Judaeo-Christian milieu of us Westerners. Westerners have a different sense of what is "right" and "wrong". Truthfully, the overriding philosophy of most Asian cultures is "looking out for number one". Those sending out the spam have no clue that what they are doing is wrong. They are merely "looking out for number one".

  4. How to give Chinese ISP's some incentive by Ice+Tiger · · Score: 1, Troll

    Send political spam using thier servers to Chinese citizens. I bet it will become a number one priority then. :)

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  5. Re:I Can go One Better! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow, you're the funniest fucktard on slashdot today!