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Spamhaus Guru Steve Linford Profiled

Posted by simoniker on from the snickety-snick dept.

BenLev writes "The New York Times has an article profiling Spamhaus Project director Steve Linford. The feature goes behind the scenes at Spamhaus, 'one of the leading groups that is trying to make the world safe from junk e-mail', showing that it operates from Linford's houseboat on the Thames near London, spammers don't like him, and his volunteer corps likens itself to the X-Men."

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  1. Yadda yadda yadda by Phroggy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Non-NYT site

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    $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;
  2. Re:These guys block pretty large blocks. by Indy1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    /20 isnt that agressive. Probably your isp kept moving the spammers around and spamhaus said fuck it and plonked a bigger range. Stop blamming the blacklists and start yelling at your isp to stop hosting spammers. If your going to live in a crackhouse, dont be surprised when your friends refuse to visit you.

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    Lawyers, MBA's, RIAA? A jedi fears not these things!
  3. This doesn't seem to be helping... by DeionXxX · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't know about everyone else but lately I've been trying to find work and I have come across atleast 4 opportunities to make 1.5 times my normal rate if I do some development related to spam. Each time I've interviewed I've told the employer that spam was a bad way to go and that it'd be illegal soon etc... but it seems like they've all had past experiences where spam has been highly profitable.

    -- D3X

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  4. Re:Adding info to DNS servers by The+Famous+Brett+Wat · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are quite a number of such proposals. For instance...

    ...among others. The Internet Research Task Force Anti-Spam Research Group (IRTF ASRG) currently has a sub-group specifically dedicated to the unification of these proposals. This is a relatively recent initiative (only about a month old). You can find archives of the discussion at gmane.org.

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