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Another Side-Effect of Spam

Posted by timothy on from the blame-spammers dept.

ghostie writes: "According to this article on news.com.au Telstra (Australias largest Telco) is having some problems with email blacklist operators. They claim that large (previously unused) portions of it's IP range have been black-listed even though they have never been used before. It seems the direct-action approach to stopping spam is having a detrimental effect as well. When will it all stop?"

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  1. Re:Email is broken by DrSkwid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A system like passport would go a long way toward stopping spam.

    Apart from "selected partners" of the passport provider.

    They just cant help themselves.

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