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Fighting Spam on the Home Front
Saint Aardvark writes: "Something interesting from the SecurityFocus Honeypot mailing list: a couple of honeypots for spammers. This message has a link to a how-to page for setting up a Sendmail honeypot to trap spammers, and the status page for a honeypot in Moscow that's trapped spam meant for >1.7 million recipients. The author mentions using a honeypot in conjunction with the Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse -- this seems like a great way identify both spammers and their messages."
And C-Moan writes: "Wireless spam volume is likely to increase in the coming years. But smart use of spam-fighting measures can go a long way toward eliminating the problem. This article provides info about the latest crop of e-mail filters and enhanced mail client options, as well as two roll-your-own programming platforms that could help keep your in-boxes spam free."
courtesy of The White House
MOTHERLAND SECURITY CHIEF TOM RIDGE: "PATRIOTIC TATTOOING HAS
COMMENCED. ALL CITIZENS ARE TO REPORT TO
THE NEAREST BANKRUPT K-MART OUTLET"
Address by the Office of Homeland Security Director
GOVERNOR RIDGE: Good morning.
Thank you for coming. I know it's
early. Today, after nearly five
months of having accomplished
absolutely nothing discernable, I am honored to
announce the formal launch of the Office of
Homeland Security's first major initiative,
Operation Mandatory Patriotic Tattoo (OMPT).
Just after dawn this morning, Vermont resident
Mr. Cletus Dickey had the honor of being the very
first American to prove his loyalty to his country
by submitting to a brief and only mildly
excruciating procedure, during which he was
outfitted with the Subcutaneous Patriotic
Intelligence Tattoo System (SPITS). I am told he is recuperating comfortably.
Mr. Dickey serves as a shining example for every last American man, woman and child - all of whom will be required to follow in his noble and courageous footsteps in the coming months. Today, Army-trained body modification technicians have fanned out across this great nation of ours, where they have wasted no time in establishing state-of-the-art, high-volume tattooing facilities in the empty shells of America's now-bankrupt K-Mart stores.
I know that many Americans are wondering, "But Tom, how will I know when it is my time to affirm
my Patriotism?" Well, my team and I thought long and hard about that, and we came up with one hell
of a good solution. And that's why today I am also pleased to announce that by the authority of
Presidential Executive Order #13251-B, all local liberal media outlets across America have been
ordered to assist with the coordination of tattooing the populace. That means you can find out the date and time of YOUR compulsory SPITS outfitting session by contacting your local FOX NEWS,ABC NEWS, NBC NEWS, or CBS NEWS affiliate. They'll be more than happy to tell you when you're
scheduled to report for emblazonment with the only proof of patriotism that is recognized by the
United States government.
Finally, I am pleased to report that thus far, decent Americans have responded to news of
Operation Mandatory Patriotic Tattoo with the utmost enthusiasm. And while there has been a small but vocal group of dissenters, most of those persons are at this very moment waking to find
themselves staring down the barrels of standard issue Federal SWAT team assault rifles.
I want to thank President Bush, Attorney General Ashcroft, the late Albert Speer, and all my
colleagues in the Office of Homeland Security for all their grit, determination, and deafness to
criticism in getting this operation off the ground. There's still much work to be done, but we're up to the task. Thank you, and God Bless America.
This may be offtopic, but in lieu of the anti-spam posts I want to state that we need to encourage our government to crack-down on Spam. How? Simple. forward a copy of all the spam you get to someone in charge. Like the President, or your congressman, or who knows. Not to flood their email boxes, but to give a copy of exactly what your getting. We all know its pretty much worthless to reply to the given address and put REMOVE in the topic because many of these emails do not exist anymore. But if someone wants you to buy your ware, if they want to spam you, then you have the right to report the company.. if the individual is not available.
-5 Goatfucker
Troll I'll buy (though I am dead serious about wanting spammers to die horribly), but Offtopic? Who the hell is moderating today?
STOP MISUSING APOSTROPHES, YOU MORONS!!!
Comeon moderators? ''offtopic''? Relax people! Its FUNNY!!!
Collect underpants!
I gives me something to read in between /. posts.
I'd like to see a rebuttal to this drivel by a female Slashdot reader.
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