I just re-installed my OS and don't have my backups back in place yet, but out of the eleven spam messages in my spambox, it seems to be about fifty-fifty -- five open relays, and half a dozen cable modems/DSL lines.
My opinion is that the only way to stop spam is to stop the fools that buy from spammers. Someone has to know these people! If I knew any, I'd take away their credit cards.:)
Once you visit someone elses site you abide by THIER rules. You want free speach[sic]? Make your own site then you can say whatever you want.
While that is certainly true, I also don't think it falls within the spectrum of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. If you run a site that purports to have/be a public forum, you have to get a very thick skin very quickly, because the public doesn't just include those with opinions that match your own, or that you find useful.
At the risk of sounding like a "Beowulf cluster" statement, I think that a good solution would be to use a Bayesian-style filtering system on posts. Have the negative corpus consist of the guy's previous messages and the positive corpus consist of the remainder of the forum, minus any responses to the troll's messages.
Is there any forum software out there that incorporates this sort of functionality?
It seems to me that it's hard to be helpful these days. Set up a site that helps everyone (or at least doesn't hurt those who don't use it), get sacked by a lawyer.
What real and substantial damage does his site do to PCI-SIG? The only damage I can see being done to PCI-SIG is them showing that even non-profit corporations can't be bothered to be polite any more.
As to whether the C&D implies the site should be taken down, I think it obvious that the spirit of the letter is that he should hand it off to a "proper authority" and walk away with it. Given that, I'd go on a tirade that would make his seem more akin to a Sunday sermon.
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I just re-installed my OS and don't have my backups back in place yet, but out of the eleven spam messages in my spambox, it seems to be about fifty-fifty -- five open relays, and half a dozen cable modems/DSL lines.
My opinion is that the only way to stop spam is to stop the fools that buy from spammers. Someone has to know these people! If I knew any, I'd take away their credit cards. :)
While that is certainly true, I also don't think it falls within the spectrum of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. If you run a site that purports to have/be a public forum, you have to get a very thick skin very quickly, because the public doesn't just include those with opinions that match your own, or that you find useful.
At the risk of sounding like a "Beowulf cluster" statement, I think that a good solution would be to use a Bayesian-style filtering system on posts. Have the negative corpus consist of the guy's previous messages and the positive corpus consist of the remainder of the forum, minus any responses to the troll's messages.
Is there any forum software out there that incorporates this sort of functionality?
It seems to me that it's hard to be helpful these days. Set up a site that helps everyone (or at least doesn't hurt those who don't use it), get sacked by a lawyer.
What real and substantial damage does his site do to PCI-SIG? The only damage I can see being done to PCI-SIG is them showing that even non-profit corporations can't be bothered to be polite any more.
As to whether the C&D implies the site should be taken down, I think it obvious that the spirit of the letter is that he should hand it off to a "proper authority" and walk away with it. Given that, I'd go on a tirade that would make his seem more akin to a Sunday sermon.
Is there a worthy competitor or successor to PCI?