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71% of Spam Servers are Located in China
aspelling writes "
We all know that majority of consumer electronics and other goods sold
in US stores is produced in China. But China specialty extends beyond
consumer electronics, clothes and automotive components. According to Commtouch Software research 71%
of all spam servers are located in this People Republic. "Since Jan. 1,
we've seen probably a 30% to 40% increase" in spam traffic" Commtouch
CEO says. BusinessWeek reports
about this issue."
Isn't 71% of everything made in China? I've always thought all spam, both meat and annoyance flavors, were made in China...
Yet another IT service being outsourced overseas........
Write your congressperson and demand that SPAM jobs be kept at home!
Hardly surprising, since as soon as you spam a million people, an hour later you're hungry to spam a million more. ;)
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Maybe 71% of Spam Servers are Located in China, but are 71% of the chinese spammers? I doubt it. That would be lot of spam!
What?
Me Chinese, me play joke, me send ads for erectile disfunction drugs, marital aids, sites with farm animals, septic tank cleaning, unlimited monthly income potential, hot stock tips, offers to meet girls in your area, and tiny little remote control cars to your inbox.
the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur - A.N. White
Hey, It's China. Give them a break. Almost all of our stuff comes from China, why not the spam? We still owe them for Chinese food.
So *this* explains all the poor grammar and strange marketing gimmicks in my spam.
lately seems to originate in Africa. Nigeria to be exact.
Grump
Is it true that more people vote for the winner of American Idol, than vote for the president? -Ali G.
Damn Commies!
... most of my email seems to be coming from these hot, single, girls that all want to meet ME! I blush everytime!
Hmmm.
Well, that explains why so much of spam is for penis enlargement products... :-p
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
why can't the rest of the world block the polution that China is transmitting?
What, and deny ourselves the email equivalent of B grade Kung Fu movies?
"Do Viagra need you? Make man you strong and sexy you. Click please link here below."
so greed is stopping the U.S. from stopping communism... that made my day :)
Spam is all Bush's fault. I didn't get this much spam when clinton was president. And when Carter was president I didn't get any spam at all!
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Our Chinese clients started complaining that they no longer had access to our US based FTP server and e-mail addresses just last week. Turns out, China blocked the DNS servers that our ISP uses! Great... yippee.
We are switching ISPs anyway, so I am not terribly concerned, I just think this is wildly hypocritical.
China is a regagade provience of Taiwan!
also...
I see four lights!
I don't care if the spammer is American, Chinese or Martian. Well, considering that the Martian addresses are non-routable, I'd say you won't be receiving much spam from there.
I just had to laugh at your "nip it in the butt" statement. I can never understand why people use these metaphors without even understanding them; "touch basis" and "for all intensive purposes" are two other examples that come to mind.
In your case, you mangled a very old metaphor used to imply destroying something before it reaches maturity; the actual phrase is "nip it in the bud." It is a reference to state of a flower before it reaches full bloom. This "nip it in the butt" error was so hilarious that I'll ignore all your spelling errors for now.
Snakes, Possums And Mice
But we all knew that anyhow.
Jaysyn
There is a war going on for your mind.
First, lets use an M-1 Carbine to hunt 'em like rats!
After that, have the Three Shotgun Dudes shoot 'em up!
If the spammer is still kick'in, fire an RPG at 'em!
And finally, to finish 'em off, use these weapons of mass destruction!
Put whatever is left of the spammer on my back yard, and I'll have The Incredible Hulk drop off my roof and SMASH 'em!
Hulk SMASH Celiac Disease
* a tour guide walks through the SPAM museum with a tour group, and points to a can on a pedestal *
This is the first can of spam that was ever produced by Hormel. It was made in 1937 in Austin, Minn.
Not too long after, it was shipped in mass quantities to Allied forces in Europe, who found it a delicious alternative to starvation.
*Picks up the can on the pedestal, pops it open, sticks a fork in and takes a bite. *
Mmmm. Fresh as the day it was made!
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.