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FTC vs. Open SMTP Relays

Posted by michael on from the because-we-care dept.

HighOrbit writes "Cnet reports on news.com.com that The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, several state Attorneys General, and Australia, Canada and Japan are sending this letter (pdf) to operators of open relay mail servers to educate them on the dangers of open relays and how they help spread spam. Although the letter does not threaten direct law enforcement action, it does let open relayers know that they have been noticed and warned. The threat of being blacklisted has not worked yet, so will this finally convince mail server admins to shut down those open relays?"

17 of 328 comments (clear)

  1. No first post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Or any posts at all? This story's already off the front page.

    Weird. First Post, btw.

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what? a 16 hour late fp?

  3. New SMTP protocol discussion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    New SMTP protocol discussion

  4. fp ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post non subscib !

  5. Happens sometimes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's a slashdot thing; sometimes it just rejects posts for a while.

  6. Re:Oh hell. by big_groo · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Can you send me some information on that herbal viagra. My caack has been fairly limp of late.

    To get hard now, I have to look at pikchers like this.

  7. Re:US knows best by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That was a pretty crappy troll. Couldn't you come up with anything better?

  8. Re:Hey! by grub · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    How exactly do Karma Burn Fridays work?

    Accumulate lots of karma then on Fridays say "piss on it all" and burn off a bunch. Do it logged in too, anonymous trolling is for poopy-heads.

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  9. Re:Hey! by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I see now. Thanks Grub. I'll gear up for next friday. I'd better start building up Karma.

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  10. Re:Hey! by grub · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    My pleasure. Here's an earlier one I did today as a reference. :)

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  11. Re:OH YOU'RE A SUBSCRIBER... TO MY VOMIT, FAILURE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i said non subsciber , read fuckin bitch and drink your own vomit thru ur cunt . mwehehe. I 0Wnxz zoo!h

  12. Re:Hey! by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That was beautiful! It made me actually want to go to their wedding!

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  13. OMFG YOU ARE ONE STUPID SLASHBOT MOTHERFUCKER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are NOT a subscriber, yet you FAIL, therefore you subscribe to my VOMIT! GO SMOKE A COCK!

  14. Re:Looks like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    how dare you fuckin reply to that post. I was waiting to pounce on the otha guy.

    Anyways, are you jobless ? wat the fuck are you doing here.

    I dare you to click here.. fucktard

  15. RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How is this different from the RIAA sending out messages on Kazaa?

  16. Sick Pervert. Re:Oh hell. by Forge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's just sic man. What kind of pervert are you anyway?

    I used to think the GoatSE.CX and TubGirl.com people were perverted but you take the cake.

    PS: I'm still moping up my lunch.

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  17. Re:I don't think it's a admin problem. by WindBourne · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You may wish not to move here as we are top 10 for tornados. To be honest though, the big ones are F2's.

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