When Comcast blocked port 25, it only reduced spam from their network by 35%. People at the EFF predicted the effect would be temporary. Even if you don't care about user freedom, blocking port 25 was a failure.
http://www.news.com/2100-1038_3-5251909.html http://www.eff.org/minilinks/archives/cat_spam.php On Thursday 20 September 2007 10:39 am, Tim Fournet wrote: > At one point you say that blocking outbound SMTP > connections from home PCs does nothing to block SPAM, and then you say > that the majority of SPAM comes from home PCs on broadband connections > that are part of botnets (which use SMTP to send spam). Which is it?
