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Re: ISP wants to stop outgoing web based spam


From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <ops.lists () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:09:23 +0530


On 8/10/06, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
Shouldn't most of freemail/webmail services be doing their own outbound
spam and virus checking now?

Yes, Sean - they are.  But it is far, far more productive for the
source of this abuse to be choked off.  Call it the difference between
using mosquito repellant and draining a huge pool of stagnant water
just outside your home.

srs

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Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists () gmail com)


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