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Re: gEDA-user: Spam: address harvesting from archives
On 9/7/05, Evan Lavelle <eml-geda@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At the client? I've already got spam software here. This problem needs
> to be handled by the list, not by the client.
Yes, I agree. It is grossly irresponsible to just assume that spam
fixes itself entirely at the client. 45% of global network traffic is
spam, and it takes resources to route all that traffic. Resources
that takes energy to power. Resources that could be better devoted
towards routing real traffic. Resources that cost ISPs some $20,000
or more PER MONTH. Imagine purchasing a DS3 circuit from your local
ISP, only to get some 20Mbps usable throughput on an otherwise 45Mbps
link. That's one awfully expensive pair of 10-base-T ethernet cables.
Or, to bring things a bit closer to home, investing in a RONJA, and
getting only 3 to 4Mbps usable data throughput because the rest is
taken up by spam.
What a waste.
Stop spam at the source, not at the destination.
--
Samuel A. Falvo II