Preventing the NT Messenger From Use as a Spam Portal?

zbowling (Zac Bowling) asks: "I currently use Comcast cable internet, and I consistently get hit with spam popups. These are not the ones you get from a webpages or media, these are dialog box popups from people scanning all possible IPs for the open messenger port on most NT or Win2k machines. The NT Messenger service (also the same as Novells Network Alert system) is reserved for admins, so they can send messages to the domain or a single workstation for any reason. This service has been taken advantage of by spammers looking for a cheap way to spam someone. One message I got was a spam to get me to buy a firewall product from them to prevent this from happening. I'm sure you can shut of that service or block that port except from people in your subnet. Does anyone know of any resources on the topic?"

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Re:THANK YOU MR. ELECTED PRESIDENT

[GnarlyNome]

Although I agree with most of what you say, you seem to be having a problem presenting it The Libertarian way is not attractive to most people because
1. They are products of the Public Education System
2. Most people will follow anyone who says "I Know THE Answer. and
3. people(as Indivudals )are great but People(as populations)are no good shits.
4. Liberals and Conservitives are both into reducing your freedoms