On 9/20/07, willhill <williamhill2 at cox.net> wrote: > > If those filters and port blocks did anything to block spam, I'd believe > you. > I can tell you that AOL and Hotmails spam filters are largely ineffective > because my wife uses one and my mom used to use the other until it became > unbearable. You and I both know that the vast majority of spam now comes > from botnets of home PCs on broadband connections and we also know that > spam > outnumbers legitmate email even after filters. > > The real answer to the botnet problem is OS diversification. At least one > in > four computers is part of a botnet. If ISPs really cared, they would not > still be promoting the monoculture.
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