20 Mar
2003
20 Mar
'03
11:53 a.m.
A lot of SPAM is now going through misconfigured proxy servers using the CONNECT method. Apparently open mail relays don't cut it any more.
This is a primary reason why not many people use RBL's anymore except for the handy dialups.mail-abuse.org. It's much more accurate to use the likes of SpamAssasin at receipt time than simply reject receipts based on RBL's. Although that's probably not what the journalist meant. He probably actually meant "the web" because in luddite consciousness the internet is simply whatever is in that fancy looking "IE" window of theirs. -- James Tyson <james(a)samizdat.co.nz>