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Re: "Make love, not spam"....

  • From: Peter Corlett
  • Date: Mon Nov 29 11:05:42 2004
  • Newsgroups: newsgate.nanog

Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org> wrote:
> Already noted as unbelievably stupid and dissected on Spam-L,

I'm inclined to agree...

> but: getting into a bandwidth contest with spammers is a guaranteed
> loss, as they have an [essentially] infinite amount available to
> them for free. Apparently Lycos is unaware of zombies (including
> those hosting web sites), HTTP redirectors, rapidly-updating DNS,
> throwaway domains, and other facts of life in the spam sewer.

... but this screensaver means that Lycos *also* have a botnet
available to them.

-- 
The advice given me about Maglites is to hold it out sideways from yourself
but at shoulder height, this makes the opponent think you are standing 3
foot to one side of reality.
					- Rob Adams in the Monastery




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