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[Damocles]

http://www.securitymanagement.com/n...-hosting-companys-servers-disconnected-004861

Spam Falls Worldwide After Web Hosting Company's Servers Disconnected

By Matthew Harwood
11/14/2008 -

The world experienced a drastic reduction in the number of spam e-mails sent worldwide Tuesday evening when the servers of a small Web-hosting company in San Jose, California, were disconnected.

According to The Washington Post, whose investigation led to the disconnection:

The servers are operated by McColo Corp., which these experts say has emerged as a major U.S. hosting service for international firms and syndicates that are involved in everything from the remote management of millions of compromised computers to the sale of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and designer goods, fake security products and child pornography via email .... Immediately after McColo was unplugged, security companies charted a precipitous drop in spam volumes worldwide. E-mail security firm IronPort said spam levels fell by roughly 66 percent as of Tuesday evening.

More at link...

 

[Cancel3]

Can we give out their email so millions of us can send them email?

I despise spammers as much as telemarketers and door-to-door preachers.

 

[Damocles]

Can we give out their email so millions of us can send them email?

I despise spammers as much as telemarketers and door-to-door preachers.

Excuse me, sir. Have you heard the Good News?

 

[uscitizen]

Excuse me, sir. Have you heard the Good News?

my reply: "Ohh the Jehovas Witness church closed ?"

 

[Damocles]

Dangit old man, it's too early in the morning to laugh.

 

[uscitizen]

Not here, you are just behind the times in your time zone.
Crabby Pants.

 

[leaningright]

Can we give out their email so millions of us can send them email?

I despise spammers as much as telemarketers and door-to-door preachers.

Jehovah's Witnesses came by Saturday. I just happened to be working on my sermons for Sunday at the time. I met the lady at the door and listened to her spill and then offered her a trade, my literature for her literature. She didn't accept but it was a very polite exchange. I used to be on the black list, meaning that they didn't come by my house......it was no use. I guess I'm off now.

 

[uscitizen]

Barking like a dog at the Jehovas Witnesses generally will keep them from coming back.

 

[Damocles]

Barking like a dog at the Jehovas Witnesses generally will keep them from coming back.

Buddhist chants do a good job of that one.

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

Buddhist chants do a good job of that one.

So does cocking a .45

 

[uscitizen]

So does cocking a .45

Leaning, see why I said to take Republicans guns away ?

 

[Bonestorm]

It's insane that 2/3 of the world's spam comes from a single server farm. That's nuts but it does suggest that it'd be quite easy to eliminate most spam with targeted action.

 

[ib1yysguy]

We all know this story is bogus because equal thirds don't exist.

 

[Damocles]

Has anybody, in fact, seen a precipitous drop in the amount of spam in their boxes?

 

[Jarod]

not me.

 

[Thorn]

Not yet, but I look forward to it if this is real!

 

[uscitizen]

My ISP did something a few months ago and I now rarely get spam.
I used to get the sell ya viagra or make your female/male body parts bigger emails a lot.