Filed in archive
Fight!
by Ivy on September 26, 2006
"I don't like getting spam. The problem is not detecting it automatically, that works very well with tools like SpamAssassin and bmf. Even though I can automatically delete spam without reading it, the spammers still successfully deliver their mails and get paid by volume. I want to hurt them. They should not be able to deliver their mails, and waste as much of their resources as possible attempting to do so."
Skillfully employing tarpits (fake SMTP servers), the author in fact takes on the connection with a spammer who is trying to send spam, and answers really slowly, causing hang-ups and cues on the spammers server. This takes anywhere between 10 minutes and infinity, and makes the spammer much less effective.
If you're up to it, read the whole article and follow the in-depth instructions.
Permalink: Using tarpits to get back at spammers
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/37442
Addthis
Ask
Blinklist
del.icio.us
Digg
Fark
Facebook
Google
Lycos
Ma.gnolia
Mr Wong
Netscape
Netvousz
Newsvine
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Slashdot
Tailrank
Technorati
Wink
Yahoo
Vote for Using tarpits to get back at spammers:
|
Rating: 8.25 out of 4 vote(s) cast.
|
Subscribe
Use the search to look for other interesting posts
| RSS |  See all blog subscribe options |
 What is RSS? | |
| Yahoo! |
|
| Addthis |
|
| Bloglines |
|
| Newsletter | |
| Follow us on Twitter! |
