Someone else mentioned this concept although he didn't use the term Joe Jobbing. Yes, this is a drawback but at least you'd have corporate power behind the effort to find and stop such spammers as opposed to having corporate power behind the effort to CREATE such spam.
However this is still pretty wishful thinking. In reality:
1) a lot of this crap comes from overseas ... what are we going to do about that -- declare a 'War on Spam' and start bombing Nigeria? (actually that wouldn't be a bad idea either ... certainly more useful than this 'war on terror')
2) instead of corporate power to stop spam you'd end up with corporate power to overturn that law.
Actually, I wouldn't mind having ALL FOREIGN email shutdown. Seriously, block it with the firewall. These days, I really don't do much overseas communication -- it's not like in the grand ol' days.
There are some massive offenders (US) that are spamming me. I have addresses and names. I have proof that I have told them to stop. All I need is power to wield an attorney at this point and some spare time.
Too bad you weren't still working for the Evil One out west. This could be your new business plan. What are the damages, like $200 per email or something?
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Re: The only problem is...
Date: 2006-01-27 08:37 pm (UTC)However this is still pretty wishful thinking. In reality:
1) a lot of this crap comes from overseas ... what are we going to do about that -- declare a 'War on Spam' and start bombing Nigeria? (actually that wouldn't be a bad idea either ... certainly more useful than this 'war on terror')
2) instead of corporate power to stop spam you'd end up with corporate power to overturn that law.
Re: The only problem is...
Date: 2006-01-27 09:08 pm (UTC)Actually, I wouldn't mind having ALL FOREIGN email shutdown. Seriously, block it with the firewall. These days, I really don't do much overseas communication -- it's not like in the grand ol' days.
There are some massive offenders (US) that are spamming me. I have addresses and names. I have proof that I have told them to stop. All I need is power to wield an attorney at this point and some spare time.
Re: The only problem is...
Date: 2006-01-29 04:22 pm (UTC)