| No open relays! How about a law requiring no open mail relays? That would take care of most SPAM since they rely upon open relays for a lot of their crap. Then have a way to detect whether incoming mail is from a system that has an open relay: if true, the email is blocked. They want their mail to go through they have to close their relay to outside use. Better yet, doesn't even have to be a law, just have all legitimate mail servers close their relays, add some code to the servers to check incoming mail to see if it is coming from a system with open relays, and block any mail that is so. Eventually, with valid customers complaining that their mail isn't going through, lame-ass system administrators will learn to close their systems. Most of the problem is from lame-ass SAs who don't know how to configure their equipment or just don't care. All of the open relays on Chinese servers can just be blocked permanently. If they want to participate in the internet, they can close their freakin' systems.
OK, that takes care of probably 90% of SPAM, the remaining 10% that comes from greedy ISPs who sell their soul to the spamming demons can just be blocked easily. |
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| I think most ISPs use ORDB and block email that is in that database. This problem for the most part is solved by non-profit organizations. The software exists and is widely used. See »www.ordb.org
90% of spam does not come from open relays. I would say its more like 5% come from open relays, if that.
Most open relays are poorly configured exchange or notes servers. Really you could put a lot of blame on the makers of the software. The people that set up these servers are legitimate business with poor understanding of what an open relay is. Jailing them is probably not the best solution to spreading technical knowledge. |
