Re: BlueSecurity/Blue Frog

Well said!

"Vanguard" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> "steve auvache" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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>> Vanguard wrote
>>>"steve auvache" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> If their service turns out to be half of what it claims then 
>>>> I will
>>>> happily sing their praises as I would with *any* successful 
>>>> anti-spam
>>>> campaign.
>>>
>>>
>>>An end-user speaketh.
>>
>> Aren't us Users what this is all about?
>
> Not when you are vicious and attacking someone else and causing 
> collateral damage in the process.  BS works through a 
> coordinated DOS attack from its zombied users.  They aren't 
> just hurting the spammer. Their shotgun approach hurts OTHERS. 
> So let's all mailbomb YOUR e-mail account just because, well, a 
> spammer said they were you.  Would you appreciate that?  Let's 
> all mailbomb YOUR e-mail provider because one of their 
> customers is spamming but which makes it impossible for anyone 
> to send you mail because your mail server is too busy with the 
> mailbomb. Would you appreciate that?  So let's all DOS 
> (denial-of-service) attack YOUR webhost provider so no one can 
> get to YOUR web site.  Would you appreciate that?  Yeah, let's 
> all be petulant children attacking everyone else and hope we're 
> not the one getting reamed as a result. Oh, no, spammers would 
> never lie, right, and put links in their spamverts to some 
> other innocent's web site.  Oh, yes, YOU are to be held 
> responsible for your webhost provider and must suffer because 
> some spammer happens to be using a site that is also hosted by 
> your webhost provider.
>
> Protecting yourself and fucking over someone else as collateral 
> damage is NOT a responsible solution.  Even if you were really 
> lucky and happen to be attacking the spammer, your vigilante 
> actions are still reprehensible.  If you can't be a responsible 
> netizen, then leave!  We would appreciate it.  If you can't 
> manage to find and use a responsible anti-spam solution then 
> you really shouldn't be doing e-mail at all.
>