On 14/02/2008, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 17:24 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > We just need to start physically harming spammers, that's all. And I > > mean that seriously. > > > ;-) > > A while ago someone asked me how could they stop someone spamming them. > My reply was, "Cut their hands off." > > While I don't, quite, advocate that approach, you would have to do > something that actually does prevent them from spamming. You can't just > tell them not to - that's not going to work on neither a personal level, > nor even a legal one. They'll just carry on until something *really* > *makes* them stop. Most spam is sent from compromised windows machines. Spamcop.net will help you track their ISP's. Now, you just need legislation that sending spam is illegal and that those sending it will be held responsible. Even if their computers are compromised. That means that people will need to start being responsible for securing their computers. Like they are with their homes and cars. Think about how much less spam we would have if AOL would disconnect every zombie. And how many people would abandon the OS that allows it. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
