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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. SMTP Authentication by GrAfFiT · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Now just force SMTP Authentication on the ISP side. They didn't implement it just for fun. Everybody put his login/password in the pop3/imap textboxes, just put your login/password in the smtp textboxes. Won't kill anyone.
    Problem instantly resolved.