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Re: Constant Guard - Combating Bots
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:22:08 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood () cable comcast com> Date: October 11, 2009 8:37:32 PM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, <rsk () gsp org> Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Constant Guard - Combating Bots For IP if you like (or not, if the topic is getting stale).
From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>So I think an important (and as yet unanswered) question is: why didn'tComcast immediately address this critical problem, instead of allowing it to get steadily worse for 6+ years?
In response to that problem we started a program of targeted port 25 blocks where customers were identified as having sent very large volumes of spam.
We also made a number of anti-spam technology changes on our own emailplatform, among other tactics. This moved us from what was probably #1 on the Senderbase volume list to somewhere around #8 to #10 or better recently,
with volume of about 20% of what it was in 2005 if my memory serves correctly.In 2005 we also joined the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), see
http://www.maawg.org. We continue to participate at MAAWG to a greatextent, we continue to invest in anti-abuse technology, and we continue to
grow the teams that focus on this challenge.
But just so it's clear that I'm not only bashing Comcast for this: I could say (and have said) the same things about Verizon, Charter, AT&T, Roadrunner, and a host of others.
Many ISPs and other companies continue to work to combat the problem via MAAWG and other industry groups. Regards Jason ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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