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Unplugging Email To Combat Spam
monkeyserver.com writes "from Reuters (via CNN) we hear that 'Consumers who allow their infected computers to send out millions of 'spam' messages could be unplugged from the Internet under a proposal released Tuesday by six large e-mail providers.' They are looking at 100 per hour or 500 per day; this doesn't really sound like a bad idea, though it could cause problems for a few people trying to run companies from their basement..." On the other side of the coin, rastakid writes "It appears that Microsoft is taking its actions against spamming a little bit too far: Hotmail accounts which are suspected of sending spam are closed without a single investigation. This article states that Maariv International registered a new Hotmail account and sent an abuse message about spamming activities from that account, while not a single message was sent from it. Microsoft closed the account immediately, without investigating."
Was it Patton or Macarthur who said, "Shoot 'em all, and let God sort them out"? Apparently Microsoft has cloned him and he's now running Hotmail!
Ok, so what'll happen if you send a message about spam from "abuse@hotmail.com" to "abuse@hotmail.com"???
Slashdot, more repetitive than spam
What a horrible thought! ... ... starts coding it.
I submitted this story last night, and it didn't get posted.
And I can say that all this about MS closing accounts without proper investigation is absolute BS. I send hundreds of messages a day and . . . #$_ACK . . . [carrier lost]
I'm not tense. I'm just terribly, terribly, alert.
Dear sir, It pleases me to inform you that in the last one month I have recieved several spam e-mails for the slashdot.org domain, particularly one from a certain CmDrtaco. Please take appropriate action in your spam filters. cc: yahoo.com, hotmail.com, gmail.com Oh, and by the way, I also recieved some from my_competitors_acct@hotmail.com!
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internet, productivity blog
It has come to my attention that the email address
[*@hotmail.com] has been sending out large quantities of spam.
Please correct the situation as you see fit.
"I only speak the truth"
Karma: null(Mostly affected by an unassigned variable)
...Anyone care to open a hotmail account and then forge an email to appear to come from that account....just to see what happens..,.
Along a similar train of thought, how about creating a new Hotmail account, then from this new account, file a complaint against it regarding spam abuse. Should be interesting to see if they'd shut it down right away, or just what they'd do...
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
"Microsoft closed the account immediately, without investigating. Reply: They own the account! Not to mention, it's a free account...you get what you pay for. Caveat Emptor, Greg..."
Whoo! Easy way to shut-down friends on hotmail...
Dude, we deleted your email!
Wow, a person in a large company not looking into something. Imagine that...
Its not a MS problem, its a human problem.
handing a loaded 45 calibar handgun to a nine year old.
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Holy crap! You should probably start them out on something with a little less kick, like a