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Comcast Thinks About Stopping Zombies

Posted by timothy on from the get-to-it-fellas dept.

LehiNephi writes "Comcast has finally admitted that its users are responsible for a large amount of spam, and they are thinking about how to stop it. Apparently they haven't been turning a blind eye to the problem after all. The simple, blanket approach of blocking all traffic on port 25 would have too many side effects, particularly for users running their own mail servers. However, they can block that port on individual cable modems-a sort of surgical strike. As far as I'm concerned, the sooner they implement this, the better!"

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  1. Re:Big difference between zombie and server... by YankeeInExile · · Score: 0, Troll

    And what am I supposed to do? My ISP does not offer a mail server at all. They are not in the business of selling E-mail, they are in the business of selling internet connectivity.

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  2. Re:read your usage agreement-The Geek Party. by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 1, Troll
    When I can vote Geek come November then we'll talk.

    Be happy when you can vote at all in November. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that when the opinion polls show Kerry ahead, Tom Ridge will just bump the terror threat level to red, and claim that under these high threat conditions no meaningful election can be held. Indeed, we don't want to happen what happened in Spain, do we? Postpone elections a month. Then look at polls again. If Bush is ahead again, lower threat level, and allow elections to proceed. If Bush is still behind, postpone another month. Lather, rinse, repeat.