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China Wants Out of Spam Blocks

Posted by timothy on from the you-can-bet-they-do dept.

SomeoneYouDontKnow writes: "Apparently, China is feeling the effects of the e-mail blocks Western ISPs are placing on Asian mail to prevent spam, as previously reported here. A group of Chinese legislators is calling for the blocks to be lifted because they're making it difficult for them to communicate via e-mail, and a signed article in The People's Daily is calling on China to ban spam. Maybe now some of the lazy admins of these spam-spewing mail servers will clean up their acts."

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  1. Maybe we should use that tactic more often... by darn · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if I can convince the EU to block all mail from USA. That is where I get almost all of my spam from.

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  2. Let's not forget... by Murmer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that as much as you might joke that spammers should be lined up and shot, that gets a lot less funny when you're dealing with the Chinese government.

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    1. Re:Let's not forget... by ThatComputerGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

      And mass mail us all so we know about it!

      Oh, wait..

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