A prime example of why this is not a logical approach. Not only are they flooding Lycos they are flooding every router between them and their target, along with everyone on their backbone, the same way Lycos was going to do to them.
We all need to put on our thinking caps and find another solution that is not harmful to the Internet in general, like forcing the ISP companies that host spammers out off the web. In my spam prevention research, I've found many ISP companies that say they are ok with legitimate email advertising to known lists of subscribers. They are often where a large percentage of the illegal spam comes from. ICANN or ARIN should shut them down on the spot as quick as we would if they did it from our servers. After they shut down a few, the rest may quit allowing it and start providing legitimate services. Ted -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Riddle Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites >(83.241.136.230) but nolonger. Think they are being ddos'ed or did their >lawyers shut 'em down? I think as was reported earlier they are being DDoS'd. The spam gangs certainly control enough zombie machines to flood Lycos's site to death. 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/
