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FTC vs. Open Relays, round 2

Posted by michael on from the drop-in-the-bucket dept.

mbrain writes "PC World is reporting on a new federal program run by the FTC to close relays and proxies that serve as spam gateways. It's called 'Operation Secure Your Server'. The FTC will publicize this program by... sending tens of thousands of emails." I think it's a continuation of this program.

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  1. more mails? by deadmongrel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    sending tens of thousands of emails
    spam people to stop spam? yeah it will work!

  2. MOD PARENT DOWN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    he sucks off old men for loose change, and has a distinct odor of rum and stale urine

  3. Re:Oxymoronic by sreid · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Stop SPAM by sending thousands of emails? That's funny. ;-)

    It's called fighting fire with fire, spam the spammers until they get sick of spam. but then you become a spammer and then somone spams you to stop spamming and then they become a spammer. by 2005 we should all be spammers

  4. Ah, MOD PARENT UP, it's friday night by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Parent contains the unencrypted version of the article. The version the FTC doesn't want people to see. Down-modders are baddies.

  5. Sending out emails? by acidbass · · Score: 1, Redundant

    So lemme get this straight, the FTC is going to help stop spam by sending out thousands of emails to everyone
    Yep, sounds like the gov't think tank is hard at work.