Re: [anti-spam-wg] Any suggestions about how to deal with non co-operative ISP's and RIR's ?

[peter h peter@localhost]

On Wednesday 04 April 2007 10.09, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> tp said:
> >  - ISPs generally do not care since it does not cost them, in fact spam makes
> > them money whereever they charge by volume (eg on dial-up lines charged by time)
> 
> Rubbish.
Thats a broad generalization :-)
> 
> Inbound spam costs far more in email processing systems than you could
> possibly make on the dialup lines.
> 
> Outbound spam hurts your reputation and, even if it doesn't go through your
> mail system, tends to imply a heavy user who costs you in terms of
> bandwidth and transit charges.
> 
> Both forms cost you time and effort for your abuse team.
> 
> No sensible ISP likes spam.
We are talking about the "non-sensible ISP's" here, the ones that don't
care about abuse-reports, those that only cares about the money the spammer
pays. In short, the scums of the trade.
> 

-- 
        Peter Håkanson   

        There's never money to do it right, but always money to do it
        again ... and again ... and again ... and again.
        ( Det är billigare att göra rätt. Det är dyrt att laga fel. )