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Originally Posted by Sociable
The real problem is the swamping of the networks with spam and flagging "suspect" mail the way you are suggesting does absolutely nothing at all to address that problem at all.
Anything which simply makes it less productive for the spammers to use known tactics will help reduce the traffic significantly.
Simple fact remains until not just NTL but all ISP's take some direct action the fundamental cause will not be removed.
That "cause" is just how easy it is for spammers to operate as things stand now.
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Im not sugesting that flaging is a perfect solution only a way for users to filter the crap in there mailbox.
The problem with quick fixes like ip blocking ect is that they are floored. The source ip and server on a mail can be spoofed. This type of mail would go right through ip blacklist filters. You may make life slightly more inconvenient for the spammer but you create other problems at the same time.
The solution lies with the IPS's and can be solved simply.
Block spoofed packets at the gateway. This can be done on a cisco router for example by adding only 3 lines to an acl. Spammers will then only be able to send mail that can be traced so they can be dealt with.
Asuming that ntl are using ip based blacklists (we dont know this for sure) there will be no protection against mail that is sent via trojan relays and spoofed ip mails.
The world's governments and leaders need to get of there backside and do something about this before the net becomes unusable. This is not for from hapening.
You could always change your email address to :-
dgr474%^^%ghghgG^DhgbiyGD^t@fjhdkjhfkjdhssdh232.co m
I cant see any spam software guesing that one !!
It would be bit of a mare for my granny to remember though
