Fw: [IMail Forum] Stop Spam

[Ed Taylor]

Nevermind I guess the concept is to difficult for some to grasp. The mere fact that if I am a Spammer and I am using a connection... I would have to change that connection to continue Spamming or wait the penalty timeout which would hinder my process greatly... also you could have IMail send a warning email to the Administrator or other selected email that someone is abusing the service... This would immediately alert the Administrator so that the Spammer could be caught before much damage is done.   Also you could alternatively delay delivery or even spool the rest of the messages until the Admin gets a chance to clear it (In kind of a Penalty Box)... this would make the Spammer believe he has succeeded and then the Administrator would be able to cancel the remaining Spam before it is even delivered.   -- Edgar D. Taylor President/CEO FIRST Internet Service 69500 Bannock Rd. P.O. Box 355 St.Clairsville, OH. 43950 Voice: (740) 695-2280 Fax: (740) 695-7258 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.1st.net -- Simply 1st in Internet Service! -- ----- Original Message ----- From: Len Conrad To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stop Spam Edgar, Since spammers attack from 1) bogus, spoofed ip's and/or 2) continually changing ip's, how to know which ip address to msg-rate-limit for? If one knows a stable ip of a spam source, the defense is to black-hole totally the ip, not just msg-rate limit, non? Len ========= Sorry, thats not the same... need some sort of limit per IP per period of time.