>> The IP that gets on the list is the IP of the mail server used to
>> send the spam. That's not a dynamic IP.
> 
> No, actually, that's not _quite_ accurate
> 
> If the mail was sent through a mail server, then yes, but considering the 
> amount of malware and spambots out there, a LOT of spam originates from 
> compromised desktop machines running a malware based smtp server. Being that 
> many are on dynamic ip's, it's quite likely that the next person to get that 
> ip is going to have a problem.

AFAIK, most ISPs no longer permit dynamic IP clients to run mail servers.

Gary VanderMolen

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