Getting back at spam

[Steve]

Hi,

Well here is a very aggressive way of getting back at spam:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1363480,00.html


However I wonder if Lycos is opening themselves up to legal action by any site they take down?

Steve

[kero]

The E-spams for the fake Rolexes are killing me lately. I don't want a fucking Rolex or a fake one! Ok.. I feel better |rasta| Seems like once I get a majority of the filters setup with mailwasher, out comes something else...

I like the idea, but when they go after a site vs an affiliate who is spamming against the TOS, it seems they could easily end up with legal action like you stated.

- kero

[Wizzo]

The spammers redirected the DDOS attack back at Lycos and so they shut it down after about 12hrs...

[Robato]

Originally posted by Wizzo
The spammers redirected the DDOS attack back at Lycos and so they shut it down after about 12hrs...

HAHAHAHAH You cant win for losing!!! I hate spam as much as the next guy, but I think its hillarious when big companies think they have a smart idea to stop the wrong doers and it just backfires.

You have a link about this?

[James_Cash]

everyone out there should get spambayes or some other bayesian filtering system.

http://spambayes.sourceforge.net

Since installing and training spambayes I no longer see any spam.

With the email address james@fuckyou.com you can imagine I get a lot.

[Wizzo]

Originally posted by Robato
HAHAHAHAH You cant win for losing!!! I hate spam as much as the next guy, but I think its hillarious when big companies think they have a smart idea to stop the wrong doers and it just backfires.

You have a link about this?

Read it on another board, but I'm sure a search on any news site will give you the skinny...|santa|