13 Apr
2004
13 Apr
'04
1:43 a.m.
NTL put their head in the sand in the hopes their spam problem will go away. Unfortunately for NTL what will end up happening is NTL mail will go away, into global RBLs and thousands of private block lists.
if ntl wants to just be in the access-line business and not in the internet business then they should FULLY EMBRACE that approach rather than resisting or hiding it. for example, block all outbound tcp on the standard ports for SMTP, windows/yahoo/aol messenger, and everything else spammers try to reach. lock customers out when they emit netbios packets. and send every one of them a printed copy of the www.vix.com/personalcolo web page. problem solved, costs reduced, revenue upheld, what the heck is stopping them? -- Paul Vixie