Re: "Make love, not spam"....

[abuse () cabal org uk (Peter Corlett)]

Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> wrote:
> Already noted as unbelievably stupid and dissected on Spam-L,

I'm inclined to agree...

> but: getting into a bandwidth contest with spammers is a guaranteed
> loss, as they have an [essentially] infinite amount available to
> them for free. Apparently Lycos is unaware of zombies (including
> those hosting web sites), HTTP redirectors, rapidly-updating DNS,
> throwaway domains, and other facts of life in the spam sewer.

... but this screensaver means that Lycos *also* have a botnet
available to them.

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