On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> Hello:
>
> In the last year or so I have received hundreds of SPAM messages
> originating from various SMTP servers located in Argentina.
> All but two or three have been written in the Spanish language.
> Some Argentine SPAMs include large image attachments and the
> SPAM messages may be as large as 250KB! I receive a few SPAM
> messages every once in a while from other countries and also
> from servers located in the US. These other SPAMs are few and far
> between. I report them all to spamcop. This does not appear to
> have resulted in reducing my SPAM.
>
> Is Argentina being a very bad neighbor in the international
> internet community? Do the laws and the Terms of Service
> agreements applying to Argentinian ISPs permit spamming? I am
> beginning to think so.
>
> Does anyone have an explanation why Argentinians are apparently
> being allowed to get away with so much spamming?
>
> Sam Heywood
The above set me to wondering about the ethics of suggesting a new
tradition: Everybody "saves up" a year's worth of SPAM (or so), and
complains to the apparent ISP of the worst offender - ON THE SAME
DAY. Send ALL Headers, Images, and Text. I say apparent ISP, because of
the probability that SPAMmers will falsify their true point of origin.
I seem to recall that the 25th of May is a national holiday in Argentina.
If so, I am jumping to the conclusion that May 25, 26, and 27, 2002 will
be a long weekend.
If everyone around the world hates SPAM as much as I do, and Argentina is
truly the worst offender, I envision that all the resulting, coordinated,
single (Please! I am not advocating sinking to the level of the
SPAMmers.), e-mails would constitute a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on
the apparent ISPs. Although some ISPs would suffer unfairly, they should
have both the expertise and (now, as a result of the DoS) an incentive to
track down the culprits who started everything by SPAMming.
It could even result in an extended collapse of a national network for
several days.
I am NOT suggesting that we follow the above course of action. For the
moment, I am only indulging in a delicious fantasy wherein "the punishment
fits the crime."
I am NOT advocating an "International Anti-SPAM Day", but I would be
interested in opinions FOR and AGAINST, as well as any comments on the
ethics or legality of such a thing.
Please reply to me OFF-LIST - I will report to the list when the results
are in.
Boyd Ramsay
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