By Munir Kotadia
Published: Wednesday 01 December 2004
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Name
Goten Xiao
Location
South England
Occupation
Programmer
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The main problem with spam is web hosts that don't care or have poor security. Tighten up software and incoming access (using something other than Microsoft Swiss Cheese Server 2003 would help), force free webhosts to keep a full IP log of all member access etc...
And I think people need to think about using antispam software like SpamAssassin on their mail servers, it's very effective and picks up 90%+ of the spam out there.
'Course, we wouldn't have this problem at all with a bit of user education on what is spam and what isn't (my dad's like this... He just opens his inbox and will click on anything, even if it's a blatant spam message).
Well in any event, "Better to to battle with bytes...
Myron Quick
It was not hacked. We upgraded the servers. Now it...
Anonymous
Maybe it's just as well that the site is down rath...
Daniel Gould
The black hats still have the upper hand then.
Terry Carlin
The main problem with spam is web hosts that don't...
Goten Xiao
No surprise or loss, 2 wrongs don't make 1 right.
Anonymous
The reports of hackers are incorrect. If you can't...
Anonymous
Two wrongs sometimes do make a right!
The inter...
Aaron
hacking and stuff is a way of life but the hackers...
Twiggy_31337
in reference to what twiggy (the above poster sai...
Anonymous
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