Comcast Port 25 Blocks Result In Less Spam

Dozix007 writes "Ars Technica reports that: 'After Comcast finally owned up to the massive amounts of spam coming from their network, they decided to identify spammers and zombie relays on their network and block port 25 traffic from those IP addresses. Comcast's efforts are starting to pay off. They announced the amount of spam from their network has dropped 35 percent since they began port blocking and traffic estimates from SenderBase seem to confirm the claims. Spam coming from Comcast subscribers who were formerly on AT&T networks also seems to have decreased'."

Lost Port 25 traffic

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a small price to pay for a wick3d screensaver.

Re:But For How Long?

[gbulmash]

"spam spurting from their digital arteries"? Are you saying spam is the fluid of life, without which comcast will not survive?

A few months ago, I had a bad staph infection in the groin. One morning, as I walked into the bathroom, a portion of it burst. Suddenly the bathroom floor was splattered, a puddle of blood and pus at my feet, more of it dribbling down my leg.

For the next week, I had to pack the area with fresh gauze 2-3 times a day, the used packing coming away from the wound tinted a sickly melange of yellowish-green and red.

That's more what I was thinking.

- Greg

P.S.: True story.

Less Spam

[radiumhahn]

... To make up for the difference spammers are making their emails more offensive.

Re:But For How Long?

[FlyingOrca]

OK, I've got the mod points, now where's "-1, Too Informative"? ;-p

Re:Why just the port?

[StuWho]

I believe a home visit by a cattle-prod wielding Company Representative would also do the trick, and I'm sure myself and other recipients of offers such as "Increase Your Penis Size While Improving Your Search Engine Placings On Google" would willingly fund this if neccessary.

Re:But For How Long?

[sentientbeing]

Jees. man. I agree.
though I suppose such mental imagery thrown randomly into a thread is an important element to a slashdot conversation

..otherwise youll never become desensitised to goatse guy...

Re:OK, that's step 1...

[AKnightCowboy]

The problem is those machines aren't actually the spammer, they are comprimised machines that the spammer is controlling.

Why would a legitimate businessman in the bulk e-mail industry use hacked machines? That'd be clearly illegal. Oh that's right, sometimes I forget, they're fucking scumbag criminals who would steal their parents' social security checks if they could get away with it.

It works so well that...

[pyrrhonist]

It works so well that even access to Comcast's own server (smtp.comcast.net) is blocked for their own users.

Oh wait, it's probably just down again.

Re:flipside

[Some Dumbass...]

No, thanks. I prefer my mail without random 24-48 hour delays and invisibly dropped messages. That's not how mail is "supposed to work."

You mean that's not how _e-mail_ is supposed to work. I'm pretty sure that's exactly how regular old _mail_ is supposed to work, and the postal service is doing a great job of implementing that system, thank you.

Re:Why just the port?

[Pharmboy]

I believe a home visit by a cattle-prod wielding Company Representative would also do the trick, and I'm sure myself and other recipients of offers such as "Increase Your Penis Size While Improving Your Search Engine Placings On Google" would willingly fund this if neccessary.

I don't know about you, but I have been responding to all the "Increase your Penis" ads, and now my wang is so big, I had to buy new pants. Thanks to all those guys in Africa, I have more money in my bank account than I could hope for. I used it to buy stocks based on tips that these guys have been sending me, and have doubled my money in a week every time. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because I am buying software for 80% off retail, get people sending me really cool screen savers for free, and refinanced my home at unheard of interest rates.

Now I'm getting tons of email from girls that want me to meet them and their coed girlfriends, so the new, bigger penis will come in handy. I even ordered some discount Viagra so I can keep it going all night. I think what really impressed them was my new university diploma, that I received for my lifelong accomplishments.

Gotta run, looks like someone just sent me a greeting card. Hope its one of the hot college chics. I still don't see what all the fuss is about...

Re:But For How Long?

[Mycroft_VIII]

MORE DETAILS!!!!! I think I have a few to many as it is. o.k. more than a few too many. Sheesh I WAS planning on sleeping tonight. But not till I manage to erase that image from my mind. Crap, can't you go bonkers from lack of sleep?

Mycroft

my daily spam count dropped by nearly 50% today

[Narcocide]

from a daily average of ~98 to 54

thanks comcast. you bastards.