Re: spam block by ISP ?

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 07:30:49PM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> after she sent it maybe 3 times, so perhaps 50 to 70 emails, Optus blocked
> her smtp access 'for spamming' for 24 hours.

It's ridiculous. Today's spammers send millions of emails. Spammers on
fake ISP accounts and botnets send out emails constantly until blocked.
50-70 emails is a level which a legitimate user could be expected to
achieve ... sending out xmas cards to their friends or clients!

> like, 3 or 4 70k emails to about 20 recipients each, known to sender is
> hardly UCE, or is it ??

It might be UCE but it's not UBE, in today's terms, definitely a drop in
the bucket.

Nick.
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