The Monday 2004-03-15 at 22:09 -0000, Dylan wrote:
So... there is no need to pay per email sent, as some advocate. The means are there: just identify the spammers, and put them in jail.
I'm sorry, you are wrong. Spammers can use open relays, introduce backdoor trojans into insecure systems, use false signup info, make up invalid from addresses, ... need I go on?
I know that very well. But there is at least one or two headers that are true, the one where the email spam enters "the internet"; usually, that is the destination isp server header. Reading from top to bottom, we find the last added headers; first my own Linux server headers, then my provider's, and then one by me provider that says where it got that email from. So far, those headers are true. Below... depends, but at some point start the faked headers by the spammer program or whatever. It may be using some other server he broke into, like a some clueless business with an unsecured wifi. If the ISPs want to find them (the spammers), they can. They just have to invest money and effort, and coordinate ISPs. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson