I have to admit this seems pretty awesome as long as it's not going to cause issues for us people that just want to stop the junk mails.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites >I agree this would be great, but the problem with that Len is that us honest >people would be caught and prosecuted If the law can't be bothered to catch/prosecute spammers, why assume the law can/will catch/prosecute users of Lycos-type screensavers? I say "Lycos-type", because I assume there will be other screensavers and even dedicated programs that play this "kill the spamvertiser websites" game. Millions of PCs on subscriber networks are compromised and abusing all of us with TB of abuse everyday. Why doesn't the law catch and prosecute these PC users and network operators, who are at least guilty of reckless negligence and malicious interference with our MXs and for unending and knowing distribution of viruses, ratware, spyware? Let's see how the Lycos screensave idea plays out. Spamvertizers spam because they can remain anonymous behind the spammers' machines and because spamming is cheap. spf is a attempt to reduce anonymity, but does nothing to raise the cost of spamming. Shutting down a spamveritiser website kills the sales channel, which makes spamming very expensive. Len _____________________________________________________________________ http://IMGate.MEIway.com : free anti-spam gateway, runs on 1000's of sites To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
