Comments on: Big Victory in Fight Against Spam: Major Spam Host Axed http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/11/13/big-victory-in-fight-against-spam-major-spam-host-axed/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:23:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: GS http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/11/13/big-victory-in-fight-against-spam-major-spam-host-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-827463 GS Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:13:52 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3180#comment-827463 As long as the world has idiots spammers will thrive since there is money to be made. Also nobody seems to care about solving the problem since it gave birth to a whole new industry (see Postini and the rest) for filtering your mailbox. Unless some of those hosts are brought to justice for causing millions of damage and expense to businesses around the world, the spam industry will thrive. And they will find hosts in Russia and China who nobody can touch. Personally if I could block all Internet traffic from these two places I would be the happiest system administrator in the world... As long as the world has idiots spammers will thrive since there is money to be made. Also nobody seems to care about solving the problem since it gave birth to a whole new industry (see Postini and the rest) for filtering your mailbox. Unless some of those hosts are brought to justice for causing millions of damage and expense to businesses around the world, the spam industry will thrive. And they will find hosts in Russia and China who nobody can touch. Personally if I could block all Internet traffic from these two places I would be the happiest system administrator in the world…

]]> By: TV-net http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/11/13/big-victory-in-fight-against-spam-major-spam-host-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-827073 TV-net Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:24:46 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3180#comment-827073 yes then those ips come back into circulation and totally inocent webmaster get one dished out and is then blacklisted causing them un-due hassel yes then those ips come back into circulation and totally inocent webmaster get one dished out and is then blacklisted causing them un-due hassel

]]> By: jeffvdovjak http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/11/13/big-victory-in-fight-against-spam-major-spam-host-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-826224 jeffvdovjak Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:08:45 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3180#comment-826224 It's interesting it's considered a big victory - but don't expect the amount of SPAM you receive to drop... hmmm... doesn't sound like a victory. Not to mention that at least most people had this spam blocked because the IP and ISP are on the black lists... now they'll move to servers that haven't been blacked out. It’s interesting it’s considered a big victory – but don’t expect the amount of SPAM you receive to drop… hmmm… doesn’t sound like a victory. Not to mention that at least most people had this spam blocked because the IP and ISP are on the black lists… now they’ll move to servers that haven’t been blacked out.

]]> By: antiquerze http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/11/13/big-victory-in-fight-against-spam-major-spam-host-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-825946 antiquerze Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:22:30 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3180#comment-825946 It is profitable I just read an article here or somewhere else about it. Pretty sad though. It is profitable I just read an article here or somewhere else about it. Pretty sad though.

]]> By: Stormrider http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/11/13/big-victory-in-fight-against-spam-major-spam-host-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-825637 Stormrider Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:11:36 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3180#comment-825637 <blockquote>I wonder if it’s that profitable to spam other people. I mean you have to run a really large and complex infrastructure for this…</blockquote> If it wasn't, they wouldn't do it, so it must be!

I wonder if it’s that profitable to spam other people. I mean you have to run a really large and complex infrastructure for this…

If it wasn’t, they wouldn’t do it, so it must be!

]]> By: ferrari_chris http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/11/13/big-victory-in-fight-against-spam-major-spam-host-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-825264 ferrari_chris Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:30:09 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3180#comment-825264 I noticed a drop in the amount of spam in my inbox over the past week or so. It may have been because of this, but I guess it will come back once the spammers find a new host. :( I agree that law enforcement agencies need to do more to combat this. Although I know international boundaries are often a problem as spam in the US can be coming from Slovakia or wherever... I noticed a drop in the amount of spam in my inbox over the past week or so. It may have been because of this, but I guess it will come back once the spammers find a new host. :(

I agree that law enforcement agencies need to do more to combat this. Although I know international boundaries are often a problem as spam in the US can be coming from Slovakia or wherever…

]]> By: feketegy http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/11/13/big-victory-in-fight-against-spam-major-spam-host-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-825254 feketegy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:15:19 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3180#comment-825254 I wonder if it's that profitable to spam other people. I mean you have to run a really large and complex infrastructure for this... I wonder if it’s that profitable to spam other people. I mean you have to run a really large and complex infrastructure for this…

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