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Originally Posted by Toto
Much of ntl's problems with their mail service has been because of the millions of spam messages sent to ntl users, and has nothing to do with people responding to spam. Most spam is generated by dictionary attacks against a network, and addresses harvested from virus infected PC's
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I think it had (has) more to do with NTL simply being incapable of delivering on its promises to customers. I think you missed my point regarding responding to spam. It's only because people respond that spammers are still spamming. Oh and the fact that there's no chance of stopping spammers at source because the countries of origin, such as Eastern Europe, don't have, and aren't ever likely to have, the required legislation and couldn't enforce it if they did. Even our own modern, slightly less corrupt police forces are years behind when it comes to cyberspace and crime. Responses to spam have little impact on network traffic compared to the volume of spam itself.
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Oh, and describng millions of Internet users as muppets......not good, its thanks to these millions that we have competition for cheaper and faster services  |
I'm so grateful
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ntl is blocking spam right now, I've seen a difference, but not enough of a difference to say its effective in the mainstream. I've not yet lost any email I was expecting, so so far so good, but that is not to say it won't happen, and that it may cause me problems in the future.
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What about the mail you weren't expecting - how do you know you haven't lost any of that? Chances are you will have. That's why I have a non-NTL account for work/professional purposes.