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IBM Unveils Anti-Spam Services to Stop Spammers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the keep-your-inbox-sparkly-clean dept.

bblazer writes "CNN Money is running a story about a new IBM service that spams the spammers. The idea behind the technology is that when a spam email is received, it is immediately sent back to the originating computer - not an email account. From the article, ""We're doing it to shut this guy down," Stuart McIrvine, IBM's director of corporate security strategy, told the paper. "Every time he tries to send, he gets slammed again."""

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  1. Re:agreed by bwcarty · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You're right on the money.

    I went through chemo and radiation last year. The idea of chemo is that it kills cancerous cells, but it's completely untargetted, so you end up poisoning the whole body.

    Without the chemo, I'd likely be dead now. I traded a few months of extreme weakness in exchange for near perfect health now.