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New Spam Zombies Use ISPs' Mailservers

Posted by samzenpus on from the trust-this-mail dept.

RMX writes "CNet's reporting that the new spam zombie PCs are no longer acting as their own mailservers, but cooperate with the ISPs' recommendation that instead of running your own mail server, to use theirs instead."

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  1. Many ISP mail servers get blacklisted now? by enosys · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Will many ISP SMTP servers get automatically blacklisted because of this?

  2. Re:violation of ISP contract? by rawg · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yeah, the police should take your car away if you leave it unlocked. You must live in California.

    Personally I would rather see it this way; if your car is doing something bad, then it should be stopped and not allowed on the road until it's fixed. IE leaking oil on the road, lots of smoke coming out of it, or parts falling off.

    If your driving down the freeway with a 300 feet of linked banners attached to the back of your car, then you should be stopped. Even if you didn't attach those banners to it.

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