On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:49:35 -0400, Alec wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> begin quotation of Arnt Karlsen: > > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:48:36 +0200, Christian wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > not a trojan-winXP-desktop > > > > ..how does these act, one shot, or all the time? > > Those act as a continuous one-shot deal; to put it another way, they > aren't listening on any port for SMTP. > > > ..how are such Wintendos best shot down? > > Look at the originating IP, and mail abuse@ for that netblock, and > perhaps submit them to SpamCop. Mailing abuse works wonders sometimes > - most organizations don't have monitoring tools in place to detect > excess SMTP traffic, but more than a few have competent admins that > don't like junk mail either. ..true, but there are also those spammer isp's with clueless wintendo users. These can be stopped with a bluescreen and a reboot message asking them to take their Wintendo box to the cops. ..in civilized countries, this is a legally warranted way to stop criminal activity. So we return to "where, and how." ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
