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Comcast Gets Tough on Spam

Posted by michael on from the about-time dept.

WeakGeek writes "The Washington Post is reporting that Comcast, the nation's largest broadband ISP, has started blocking port 25 to reduce Spam. Jeanne Russo said Comcast is not blocking port 25 for all its users because it does not want to remove the option for legitimate customers who process their own e-mail. So the company is monitoring traffic and picking out machines that look suspicious. By blocking port 25, they say they cut Spam by 20% last week." ZDnet has another article, with a nice statistic: Comcast generates 800 million email messages/day, but only about 100 million of those are sent through Comcast's SMTP servers.

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  1. E-mail Advertising? by Laivincolmo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I still don't understand how spam exists economically. I guess people are dumber than I thought:
    "Wow! I think I'll find out more about this Viiagraa! Thanks hf387hfjsd73@hotmail.com!"

    1. Re:E-mail Advertising? by ArcadeNut · · Score: 2, Funny

      we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you.

      Looks like you just blew it! HAHA! Now the money is ALL MINE!

      Oh wait! Damn....

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    2. Re:E-mail Advertising? by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

      I mean, geez, there are still N-Gage commercials on TV.

      You think that's bad, the Sci-Fi channel is now advertising "Enzyte - Natural Male Enhancement" tablets. So not only do I have to suffer through penis enlargement messages on my computer, but I have to see it during commercial breaks while watching my favorite Sliders episodes. Somebody should tell the (female) exec who runs that channel that penis enlargement pills don't work.

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  2. Largest in the nation? by azzy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I never knew Comcast was the largest ISP in the UK.

    Oh.. your nation.. not my nation?

    Sorry, I forgot there was no other part of the world.

    1. Re:Largest in the nation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Don't make us change the name of the language to American.

  3. Re:All in the name of stopping spammers... by shadow255 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just put these dickhead spammers in jail for 5-10 years for causing so much disruption and cost to the world.

    Sure. Just hand over the exact physical address where all these dickhead spammers are, along with admissable evidence of their illegal and disruptive activities, to the appropriate local authorities for arrest. While you're waiting for the warrants to issue you might consider finding ways to make bulk unsolicited emailing unprofitable. My guess is you'll have enough time to create and implement a solution before the bad guys are pulled off the streets ;-)

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  4. education is the solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    penis enlargement is dangerous and ineffective.

    tell your small dicked friends!

  5. Re:what about mistakes? by rograndom · · Score: 3, Funny

    dude, that's a lot of pr0n.

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  6. Re:Lets see... by ColaMan · · Score: 3, Funny


    The following is only antidotal, but...

    (cough) that's Anectdotal.

    Unless you think your following statement is countering some effect of a poison... wait, maybe it is. Er, carry on :-)

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