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NYT on Spam Cops

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the game-is-on dept.

yet another coward writes "The New York Times reports on new measures against spam. (Sperm sample required, sorry ladies) Microsoft has increased efforts to track and prosecute spammers. Hotmail receives 2 billion (2 * 10^9) spam messages per day. In a twist of weirdness, the Direct Marketing Association is funding investigators who cooperate with the FBI on spam investigations. Spamhaus also gets a mention."

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  1. Futureproofing Spamhaus by alanxyzzy · · Score: 5, Informative
    In related news, Spamhaus has announced a Funding model based on charging large corporate networks a yearly fee for our Data Feed rsync/ixfr service.

    The public DNSBL service will remain free.