[ale]OT It begins...

[Geoffrey]

Chris Ricker wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Greg wrote:
> 
> 
>> OpenBSD has spamd - a way to make the spamming machines groan
>> resource-wise. I am certain that there are Linux variants on this
>> and I would suggest using them with abandon/extreme prejudice.  If
>> you find one that makes the machines catch fire and produce copious
>> amounts of shrapnel upon the bodies of the spammers, then I will
>> happily replace my OpenBSD firewall with Debian.
> 
> 
> It's pointless. spammers don't usually spam from their own machines.
> You're just hurting some relatively innocent, if clueless, web proxy
> operator, in all likelihood.

Devil's advocate: Some may see it as educating the clueless, rather than 
hurting the innocent..

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft