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Spamhaus Opening New Branch in China

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the inbox-mine-sweeper dept.

Eggplant62 writes "ChinaTechNews.com is reporting that Steve Linford's Spamhaus.org will open operations with the help of Chinese government officials and ISP's in order to remove spammers operating servers on China's portion of the Internet. For years, China's unwitting ignorance of the spam issues they have with the rest of the world has been a major stumbling block in the fight to control spammers who operate from the netblocks of foreign nations. Seeing China take steps to help the world curb the scourge of junk email has me cheering all the way. Go Steve!"

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  1. "the scourge of junk email" by benna · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't like spam but honestly sometimes people talk about spammers like they are some kind of terrorists. If you are so attached to your computer that you can't just delete your spam and get on with your life you have a serious problem. To me its like when someone DDoS's me I just laugh at them for thinking im hurt by not being able to use the internet for a couple of hours and walk away from my computer. There are definatly more important things to worry about.

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    "It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
    1. Re:"the scourge of junk email" by jrockway · · Score: -1, Troll

      I think the first problem you need to solve is to get rid of that guy holding a gun to your head making you use email. You mean nobody's forcing you to use email?

      Oh.

      I think you need to get a grip on reality. Spammers are just people looking to make money. Yes their tactics are slimey, but I'd rather get a pornographic email than be murdered or raped! Please keep things in perspective.

      Also, I think by banning SPAM we're heading down the slippery slope. How is banning SPAM any different than banning VoIP (see earlier article). How is it different from criticizing politicians? Why don't we just live in a nice brainwashed society...

      I want to SPAM to go away. Unfortunately, I'd rather have a Free internet, so I'm willing to accept SPAM as the cost of freedom. There's always someone that wants to abuse a Freedom (think hate-speech); that's part of life.

      So would you like a nice regulated, 'clean', turn-it-on-and-suck-down-our-content internet, or a Free one where you can do what you want?

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      My other car is first.
  2. Nasty boy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who cares about those slanty eyed freaks.

    http://www.leja.net

  3. WHO!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just who the hell do you think you are? Stop acting like, some kind of friggin star.

  4. Re:It's 2004 People by ydnar · · Score: -1, Troll

    And you're still a coward.

  5. In Communist China they by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    In Communist China they eat rots and rots of lice.

    /

  6. Re:China? US! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yup, Thanks to the US for the new "Yes you CAN SPAM" law, fantasic, keep it up, woho, THANKS USA FOR THE SPAM.

    U S A
    U S A
    U SPAM ALL