OK - if we see the results in http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/countries.lasso it says imo: nothing!
The number of spams must be compared with the number of connected computers and with the number of regular mails before u can say anything about that "country-spam-value". http://www.spamcop.net/w3m?action=map;mask=4294967295;net=0;sort=spam If you put over that spamhaus list the headline "number of Windows-Computers in Use" or "number of internetconnectons countrywide" it would have the same order, with the headline "number of regular mails send" too. The most SPAM i catch (collecting adress to report at spamcop) comes from the USA - but I never ever would block the USA - even if the number of regular mails is relative low. Most spam come over hijacked computers in private households, but with the features in ASSP its getting cought already. To prevent mails from drones in bot-networks we have greylisting, DoInvalidPTR with its regexes, HELO-validation and RBL as the most powerful tools for that. As we have seen last week there are also many nice gimmicks to get protected from Adress harvesters and DOS-Attacks of Botnets. The discussion about that country thing reminds me a bit like politicans if they want new Laws - without executing the ones they already have. Who uses ALL features ASSP is offering won't need a country-blocking or scoring even! Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
