[BC] Blocking IP addresses

[Al Stewart]

Wouldn't it be simpler to shut down all email ... and go back to 
snail mail? I get plenty of spam from US sources, so maybe I should 
blanket block everything coming from the US.

Reminds me of an ISP I had a few years ago. They decided to do 
something about the "Nigeria" spam thing ... and came up with a 
simple solution. Block all emails that contained the word "Nigeria". 
That included all legitimate email that happened to use that word, 
and any news story that referred to the country.

Al

------ At 08:57 AM 05/12/2008 -0700, Mike McCarthy wrote: -------

>The problem with Europe is more simply the EU and it's member 
>countries are resistant to install and enforce 
>anti-SPAM/anti/PHISHING laws  or go after the bigger 
>SPAM/PHISHING/HACKING operations.  Maybe we are throwing the baby 
>out the bathwater.  None the less, until the EU gets it's hands 
>around the SPAM and PHISHING originating in EU member locations, we 
>have no choice but to blanket block ranges from Europe.
>
>MM
>.
>At 09:36 AM 5/12/2008 +0100, Andy Green \(Listservers\) wrote
>>We are constantly coming up against problems communicating with US based
>>businesses who have blocked a range of IP addresses from outside the US,
>>many times I have had to resort to fax or phone, but oftentimes, if there is
>>an alternative, they lose the business.
>
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Al Stewart
stewarta at westcreston.ca
stewarta at kootenay.com
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