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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oh no! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 17:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

oh no!
wait... what the fuck do I care?
In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 18:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

...Spam servers block YOU!
Re:Ways to not get spam by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 18:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hey!...uhh... you insensitive clod!
Re:Ways to not get spam by wheany · 2003-09-09 18:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Well if it's the "I have a small penis" button, why the hell did they print "Delete" on it?
Extending spam lists to the RIAA by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 18:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Can hostile RIAA action on P2P networks be stopped?

There is a lot of recent RIAA activity to degrade the file-sharing networks, by placing bogus searches to waste the network bandwidth and frustrate users. They are still doing this despite how unethical it may be to damage public networks, as there are legitimate users on these networks. There must be a way to counter this. Most file-sharing networks now include hostile lists, with IP ranges. Would it be possible to extend the use of RIAA hostiles into other lists? Like spam blacklists or ISP blacklists? This might effectively boycott the ISP that runs the RIAA bots, and impede their network degrading operation. Any ideas or comments?
Re:Attn: Six Digiters by Enoch+Root · 2003-09-09 19:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

My karma maxed out a year or so ago.

I'm not a whore, I do it for fun!