> -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:51 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comcast Broadband Speed Bump > > A large part of my job includes analyzing SPAM into our systems. I can > assure you that most of the SPAM from major ISPs that I see comes from > comcast followed by roadrunner, verizon and cox. I used to see a ton of > spam from optonline but it dwindled to almost nothing since they blocked > port 25 access from subscribers. I also see almost no spam from AOL and > nothing from MSN. Comcast is, by far, the worst from my perspective and > roadrunner is a close second.
True - I've no doubt. I never meant to imply that it wasn't a problem or that Comcast wasn't a major hub of activity (they are, without a doubt and self-admittedly, the biggest single source of spam in the country). But again, is that a "Comcast" problem or an industry problem? AOL and MSN have been so successful largely because they provide their own clients (which can be configured remotely and cheaply). Is Comcast "worse" than Roadrunner or are they the same (or even better) but more obvious because they have 5 times the customers? Comcast/Cox/RoadRunner/etc are just connection providers, not software providers - to make any serious changes to the infrastructure requires manual (and costly) end-user changes. To really fix these problems you have to get end users to be more aware and pro-active or institute some wide reaching infrastructural change - and that's just not happening quickly. Also AOL and MSN are, nearly universally, not used by "geeks". Geeks tend to be the ones that adopt broadband earlier and are the ones most likely to be running legitimate home mail servers. When CodeRed hit Comcast blocked port 80 traffic to address it - they were crucified by their vocal, geeky customer base. I've got high hopes for Sender Policy Framework and similar solutions, we'll just have to see how things go. I would really like to see Comcast take a leadership role in this area (and in many ways they have). I'm not fan of spam (as the owner of 20-some-odd domains I get at least 500 messages a day). I know there's a serious problem, but I'm also pretty empathetic to the companies caught between customers that more for less and criminals that want for nothing. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146791 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
