[arachne] Re: Spam news

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> This report doesn't surprise me in the least.  It seems
> the vast majority of targeted PCs for "zombie recruitment"
> are some sort of "broadband" connected, probably always
> on, 24-7-365 type connection.  So, perhaps the most sensible
> and effective approach to eliminate about 85 percent of
> spam would be...are you ready?...
> GET RID OF 24-7-365 BROADBAND INTERNET CONNECTIONS!!!
> Hmmm...if everyone were only on dialup, such as myself, spam
> problems could be drastically reduced!  However, I don't see
> very many users giving up their highspeed internet anytime soon!

Sorry, I cannot see how this is related to Spam - from my experience,
most of the Spam in my web forum comes from PCs that use dial-up
connections, so they get a different IP address every time, which makes
them particularly hard to weed out. So I would rather vote for banning
dial-up connections in favour of "always-on" broadband connections.
Especially since I am one of those DSL users who drain the Internet
capacity with their vast bandwidth. ;-)

Regards,

Udo

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