Usually it's not necessary for such a drastic measure. customer are ussually willing to help. the problem is may times they lack the knowledge of how to fix the problem or even how to start. (onligatory Windows bash - Thank you Mr. Gates)
This is just untrue. UUNET sets limits on the amount of email a customer sends out. If they want to send over that limit, they have to document why and confirm that the emails are actually wanted. If it is determined that someone is spamming they are warned once. Then thier service is cut off and they are told to take thier business elsewhere. The problem is open relays as I explained in my post lower down in the thread.
The reason UUNET is known as a facilitator of the largest amount of spam is that they are the largest ISP. And many of their customers have what is called an open relay. Since most UUNET customers send thier outbound mail through mail.uu.net (UUNET's mail relay), spammers that find an open relay send email that looks as if it is coming from a UUNET customer (and UUNET's mail relay.) This is a problem that UUNET tries to remedy, but educating a I-D-10-T customer )not to mention 10,000 customers) about his/their own mail server's open relaying capabilities is difficult to say the least. If a spammer tries to use UUNET's mail relays directly, it does not last long and eventually he is told to take his buisness elsewhere.
The people that think that UUNET is using spammers to make more money are just plain ignorant.
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Usually it's not necessary for such a drastic measure. customer are ussually willing to help. the problem is may times they lack the knowledge of how to fix the problem or even how to start. (onligatory Windows bash - Thank you Mr. Gates)
This is just untrue. UUNET sets limits on the amount of email a customer sends out. If they want to send over that limit, they have to document why and confirm that the emails are actually wanted. If it is determined that someone is spamming they are warned once. Then thier service is cut off and they are told to take thier business elsewhere. The problem is open relays as I explained in my post lower down in the thread.
The reason UUNET is known as a facilitator of the largest amount of spam is that they are the largest ISP. And many of their customers have what is called an open relay. Since most UUNET customers send thier outbound mail through mail.uu.net (UUNET's mail relay), spammers that find an open relay send email that looks as if it is coming from a UUNET customer (and UUNET's mail relay.) This is a problem that UUNET tries to remedy, but educating a I-D-10-T customer )not to mention 10,000 customers) about his/their own mail server's open relaying capabilities is difficult to say the least. If a spammer tries to use UUNET's mail relays directly, it does not last long and eventually he is told to take his buisness elsewhere. The people that think that UUNET is using spammers to make more money are just plain ignorant.