Re: Bounced email.

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> There was an article on slashdot.org a few weeks back about AOL blocking
> access from some DSL providers.  The trouble was that they were getting
> roughly two billion pieces of spam per day and were having trouble
handling
> the load on their spam filters, so they decided to block off some of the
> major sources: people with unprotected Windows boxes that were infected
> with trojans and used as spam relays.
I'm well protected. This machine goes into virus clean mode
as soon as one is detected. And I have a good Firewall too,
whatever good means concerning firewalls. ;-) I guess they
are simply covering their ________!

> They might have done something similar for cable modem networks.  I'd
> expect AOL to send back a 553 response, but it's possible they may just
> drop all the messages on the floor.
Probably the latter. Anyway, it's a likely story. I'd rather believe that
they're locking out the major competitors.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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