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TZi
join:2001-07-05
Miami Beach, FL

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Re: Don't forget..

Why wouldn't hotmail count as a "REAL" e-mail address?

Furthermore, while some legislation from congress might help tone this issue down a little, what can be done about spam originating from a foreign companies and foreign servers? My guess is that those annoying porn companies and related spamming institutions would just close up shop here and incorporate in some European country outside U.S. jurisdiction.

From what I know, one can operate a foreign corporation from the U.S. as long as one has legal representation in the host country. Since corporations protect individuals from personal liability, one could just operate a Russian spamming company from the U.S. Since the owner is not personally liable and the corporation is not in U.S. jurisdiction, how would they be stopped?

Looks like we'll have to wait for the UN to adopt SPAM legislation. BAH!
[text was edited by author 2002-02-17 03:17:28]

WildGod8
God Is Dead
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join:2002-01-30
NYC

WildGod8

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there should be a way to block email from foreign countries.
i mean if its coming through foreign servers it shouldnt be that hard to block. i mean just have an option to block all foreign mail except for certain addresses you could choose.

SYNACK
Just Firewall It
Mod
join:2001-03-05
Venice, CA

SYNACK

Mod

A significant part of the population HAS friends overseas, so you cannot block based on Country.

Also remember that the e-mail actually originates in the US, it just takes a detour through an open relay.

There are services that keep track of known open relays, e.g. Maps and allow your mail server to reject all connections from open relays, dial-up IPs, etc. anything that circumvents legitimate SMTP servers. This needs to be done at the ISP.

My ISP just transitioned to attbi, and a new feature that is enabled by default(!) is a service by Brightmail. It basically utilizes a network of strategically placed fake e-mail accounts, that, when hit, will generate appropriate filters that are immediately deployed to the mail-walls at all subscribing ISPs.
During the last week, It trapped about 15 genuine spams (they are placed in a special online folder for inspection, but get automatically deleted after some time). It only missed 2 SPAM e-mails. This is actually not bad!

Still, all my SPAM gets reported to spamcop.
[text was edited by author 2002-02-17 05:39:20]

CitizenX9
join:2002-01-09
Longview, TX

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Hotmail isn't a "real" e-mail address. It is not an e-mail assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider. That's the difference between a "real" e-mail and one you get from free mail services like hotmail.

Paladin$
Have Gun - Will Travel

join:2000-04-02
California

Paladin$

If you change ISPs fairly often a Hotmail or Yahoo mail account may be the only stable point of contact.