I think the only thing going on is that many spammers have figured out
the CANSPAM act here in the USA has no teeth and have resumed business
as usual.
Another point to consider: if *all* ISPs enforced their terms of service
and AUP as they should (most prohibit spamming) then most of the spam
would dry up quickly. There are some really, really conscientious ISPs
out there, and they're great. However, there are also ISPs (like
Comcast, as an example of one of the most egregious lately) who wouldn't
know a clue if it came up and toothily clamped itself to their butts
(that's "arses" for all you folks thinking "cigarette ends?" at the mo'
:-) ).
It's really sad that management of ISPs is so bad in some parts of the
world (China (.cn), Korea (.kr) and Brazil (.br), to name only a few)
that it's routinely necessary to block ALL traffic from their assigned
IP ranges since virtually all that arrives from there is spam.
And lest anyone take offense: Yes, I AM aware that even though those are
the sending servers, it's mostly Americans abusing the system. That
abuse, however, couldn't continue if ISPs enforced and anti-spamming
policy AND if the various states and the feds here in the USA would get
serious about enforcing existing laws regarding fraud and spam.
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Scott Gomez
-----Original Message-----
From: Tris Schuler [mailto:tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Re: Beware: Another scam Paypal message
Good points. In this case, however, the offending mail is always still
in
my Earthlink mailbox. If it were something I had retrieved via Eudora
I'd
still have the headers to offer, however.
I don't mean to accuse all or even any ISPs in particular here, and in
fact
I'm basically pleased with both the Earthlink DSL service and their
24-hour
support. I also think I can understand the real-world situation to some
extent, and/or imagine some of the rest. I only meant to respond in
spirit
to the original poster's notice of yet another scam attempt and vent a
little of my frustration re same. It _does_ seem to have gotten worse
just
the past couple-three weeks, though. Has anyone else noticed this? Is
there
something going on out there all of a sudden to explain this?
Tris
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