Advertisement
Promo

Security threats Toolkit

Story: UK sees sharp rise in spam

  • Previous comment

Posted by: 1000262163 (Thursday 21 August 2008, 9:51 PM)

  • Reply

Time the law was applied!

If 1/5 of all eMail has a UK source, it ought to be trackable, which means it ought to be possible to catch the culprits. I'd say if only a few of them were jaile, we would see a significant drop in the volume of spam.
As for mail from Russia and China, I would be quite happy for my ISP to drop all mail sent to me from a Russian or Chinese IP address range - so why isn't this being offered? I'll bet if end-users were allowed to select what countries they would accept eMail from, you'd see frantic activity on the part of the most troublesome sources to "clean up their act", to avoid being globally black-listed!

Private message disabled

1000262163

1000262163
n/a
Member since: February 2006

Site Activity Rating:

1

 


  • Previous comment

  • Reply to this comment
  • Return to story
  • Report this as offensive


Full Talkback thread

Sentry Posts Blog

Motorola Droid Drops Today: Happy Droi...

Motorola Droid Drops Today: Happy Droid Day America! Author: Eric Everson, Mobile Security Expert If you’re wondering what all of the buzz is about with words like Droid and Android... More

Post a comment

Mobile Security Profile: BlackBerry St...

Mobile Security Profile: BlackBerry Storm2 Author: Eric Everson BlackBerry handsets are a staple of office culture; from syncing calendars to sharing business-related data,... More

Post a comment

South Korea plans to fingerprint visit...

The South Korean authorities could fingerprint and photograph foreign visitors from 2012, the Korea Times reported on Tuesday. Barring diplomats and government operatives, all visitors... More

Post a comment


Skip Sub Navigation Links to CNET Brand Links

Help

Become part of the ZDNet community.

Newsletters