China Blocks Spam Servers

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 9, 2003 @05:44PM from the compulsion-repulsion dept.

clafarge writes "I just read in the AP's LiveWire that, as reported by Xinhua News Agency, China has blocked 127 mail servers which it identifies as major sources of spam. Oh, happy day. They also published a list of 225 spam servers around the world just last month." Guess they're following through on this.

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China Blocks Spam Servers by RinzeWind · 2003-09-09 17:45 · Score: 5, Funny

So now China can only get mail from the rest of the world, but not from inside. That's the deal, isn't it?
1. Re:China Blocks Spam Servers by cioxx · 2003-09-09 18:37 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  The funny part is, communists will have much more success with stopping (or at least substantially curbing) the spam problem than western democracies. All China has to do is to look at the current situation, cut the lifelines of these companies which send bulk mail, and execute a few people to set an example.
2. Re:China Blocks Spam Servers by BrokenHalo · 2003-09-09 21:10 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  ...and execute a few people to set an example.
  That's what I would really like: spamming to become a capital offence, punishable by death. Preferably a messy and painful one. Let the bastards know they've seriously pissed someone off.
eh? by pergamon · 2003-09-09 17:46 · Score: 4, Funny

YAY CHINA!

Wait, that doesn't sound right...
Nooooo! by GarbanzoBean · 2003-09-09 17:48 · Score: 4, Funny

All my asian college friends can no longer send me a suggestions on how to increase my breast/penis/bank acount. I guess there are always Carribian islands.
1. Re:Nooooo! by WIAKywbfatw · 2003-09-09 19:20 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  All my asian college friends can no longer send me a suggestions on how to increase my breast/penis/bank acount. I guess there are always Carribian islands.
  
  Hey, I'm not from a "Carribian" island but I bet you'd like to buy a dictionary. I can sell you one that won't put too big a dent in your bank "acount" - or your breast/penis "acount", whatever either of those may be.
  
  (Laugh, stupid. It's a joke.)
  
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2. Re:Nooooo! by btg · 2003-09-09 21:19 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  All my asian college friends can no longer send me a suggestions on how to increase my breast/penis/bank acount.
  
  You have a breast account and a penis account?
  
  Eww. Squishy.
Suit yourselves, China... by Derlum · 2003-09-09 17:50 · Score: 5, Funny

...but you're missing out. I just refinanced my mortgage for the third time this month, helped get a chunk of change out of Nigeria, and finally broke nine inches!
Re:Double Whammy by bobdown2001 · 2003-09-09 17:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Actually it was a guy from New Zealand who did this...... Let's make the distiction that Australia and New Zealand are two totally seperate countries, how would you like it if I called you a Canadian ;-)

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Fortune Cookies by future+assassin · 2003-09-09 18:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Maybe the spamers will pay off restaurant owners to spam through fortune cookies. Vigra will make you lucky in the future.
Future Assassin

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Only 127? by Jailbrekr · 2003-09-09 18:15 · Score: 5, Funny

I guess when they upgraded from an 8 bit OS, they can block more. :)

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1. Re:Only 127? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 20:45 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  My int is only 16 bits wide. You Insensitive Clod!
A shame by veg_all · 2003-09-09 18:22 · Score: 2, Funny

Think of all the small penises neglected.

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Re:Hard to decide, is it? by wheany · 2003-09-09 18:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Hey, they're either with us or against us! They can't be both good and bad.
A whole 127 Servers? by Mnemennth · 2003-09-09 18:25 · Score: 3, Funny

Wow... that must have been the hiccup I saw in my Inbox between 07:08 and 07:11 while pouring cream into my coffee...

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Only 127? by tntguy · 2003-09-09 18:31 · Score: 4, Funny

Damn, they should've used an unsigned char. They could've closed 255 instead of only 127. Or they could've used an int and closed 2,147,483,647.

I don't think an unsigned int, nor a long long would've been necessary.
Re:Double Whammy by NanoGator · 2003-09-09 18:44 · Score: 4, Funny

"Let's make the distiction that Australia and New Zealand are two totally seperate countries, how would you like it if I called you a Canadian ;-) "

I'd probably use that as an IQ test for ya. You see, as an average Slashdotter, there are a few simple ways to guage somebody's entire intelligence quotient.

- Did he distinguish beteen Canada and the United States?

- Did he refrain from using smilies or internet shorthand?

- Did he use apostrophe's correctly?

- Does he praise Linux and Mozilla?

- Did he correctly spell all the words in his post, especially the long ones that people rarely use?

- Does he hate George Bush?

If any of these questions are answered no, then your IQ is zilch! ;)

Don't take it personally, I'm just going with the flow!

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Re:Double Whammy by Bombcar · 2003-09-09 18:51 · Score: 1, Funny

Apostrophe's???

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Oh the irony. by Malcontent · 2003-09-09 19:32 · Score: 1, Funny

Imagine that. You are blocking IP on your email server.

Only if there was a central repository of known spammers so that I too could get a hold of that list. Think of how cool that would be. It would also be handy for people who got blocked by mistake. They would only have to one place to get themselves unblocked instead of complaining to hundreds of people.

Maybe we could call them RealTime Block Lists (RBL) for short.

Nah it would never work. As soon as people started using the list the spammers would attack the servers with a DDOS or something and the whole thing would be useless.

Now only if there was a distributed system like that...

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Bah again by BrokenHalo · 2003-09-09 21:01 · Score: 2, Funny

Now if only someone would just block all those US spammers...
After all, if my penis grew by 100% overnight, I think my wife might complain :-)
The ultimate SPAM-filter!! by zeptic · 2003-09-09 21:23 · Score: 2, Funny

Do as my Professor: reject all emails originating from .com adresses!

(This is not a joke! He really does reject all .com emails.)
Re:Double Whammy by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 21:53 · Score: 0, Funny

- Did he distinguish beteen Canada and the United States? Maybe, but does he use correct spelling? - Did he use apostrophe's correctly? No. - Does he praise Linux and Mozilla? Probably, but does he also switch between past and present tense with his use of the words "does" and "did"? If any of these questions are answered no, then your IQ is zilch! ;) So exactly what are you trying to tell us about yourself?
Re:Hard to decide, is it? by DaneelGiskard · 2003-09-09 23:29 · Score: 1, Funny

So ... it's kindof "quantum-china" these days? When did that change from the old "relativity-we-are-evil-china"? ;)
Re:Double Whammy by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 23:43 · Score: 1, Funny

> - Did he use apostrophe's correctly?
Who is apostrophe? What is this 'correctly' object owned by this 'apostrophe' person?
Re:90 Taiwanese servers blocked.. by Flwyd · 2003-09-10 05:36 · Score: 2, Funny

In Communist China, "Make Money Fast!" is a political statement.

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