3 Feb
2005
3 Feb
'05
2:34 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 11:42:55AM +0000, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
CNET reports http://news.com.com/Zombie+trick+expected+to+send+spam+sky-high/2100-7349_3-... that botnets are now routing their mail traffic through the local ISP's mail servers rather than trying their own port 25 connections.
There is one mistatement in this article, though: the author says: "This means the junk mail appears to come from the ISP [...]" If it's coming from their servers (or their network), it IS coming from the ISP, and they bear full responsibility for making it stop. ---Rsk