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Internet Vigilante Justice, SPAM, and Copyrights

pdw writes "An interesting article about how vigilante justice on the Internet by anti-spam advocates can be just as threatening to the Internet as those proposed for copyright advocates."

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  1. stupid by Fruit · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The author of the article is an idiot, he thinks that spammers don't forge headers and therefore his relay is closed.

    The proper way to close a relay is to check the sender IP address (from the TCP connection) and check if it's a local net.