Re: BLOCK: even more useless spam stats

[Justin Mason <jm...@jmason.org>]

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Chris Santerre writes:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steven Champeon [mailto:schampeo@HESKETH.COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:12 PM
> > To: SPAM-L@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
> > Subject: BLOCK: even more useless spam stats
> > 
> > 
> > The perennial question here seems to be "where does it all come from",
> > and in the spirit of answering that question, here are the top however
> > many sending domains/cc.tlds for messages we rejected as spam (which,
> > given how much we reject, is a lot more accurate than "spam 
> > we received")
> > since 1/1/04 (domains/cc.tlds with more than 5 attempts):
> > 
> >   585 comcast.net
> >   402 rr.com
> >   188 attbi.com
> >   175 pacbell.net
> >   165 ameritech.net
> >   130 shawcable.net
> >   128 adelphia.net
> >   125 optonline.net
> >   106 wanadoo.fr
> >   105 verizon.net
> >   103 bellsouth.net
> *snip*
> >    15 cox-internet.com
> *snip*
> > 
> > Comcast should feel right at home with Disney.

BTW -- a comment on these.  Whatever you do, don't get the impression that
blocking these hosts in any way is a good idea -- SC hasn't provided any
info on *non*spam output, so there's no indication of what the baseline
is, or what *proportion* of mail from those servers is spam.

- --j.

> 
> I just changed my outlook on my ISP. Cox.net (which I think is slightly
> different from cox-internet.com) I hate that they are a monoploy, but look
> at this from there website:
> 
> "To reduce unsolicited bulk email sent on our Cox High Speed Internet
> network, Cox instituted outbound SMTP traffic filtering (port 25 filtering).
> Currently Cox also filters all inbound SMTP traffic in an effort to protect
> unsecured computers on the network from being used as mail relay by
> potential spammers. 
> 
> The outbound SMTP traffic blocking security measure is designed to protect
> Internet users and the Cox High Speed Internet network. The vast majority of
> customers are not affected by this practice in any way. However, a small
> number of customers who use e-mail addresses outside of the @cox.net domain
> and who do not currently have their SMTP servers set for Cox mail servers do
> need to change their settings. The requirement that Cox servers be used for
> all outgoing mail is simply so that Cox can observe and control spammers by
> removing them from the network. 
> 
> Outbound SMTP traffic blocking is quickly becoming an industry standard.
> Other ISPs who block port 25 include Bellsouth, Earthlink, Mindspring,
> Verizon, Mediaone, and MSN. 
> Since the implementation of the port 25 blocking procedure, Cox has seen
> significant decreases in the residential Cox High Speed Internet complaint
> counts for different abuse types impacted by the port 25 blocking. Port
> scanning complaints decreased by 36%, virus complaints by 41%, spam
> complaints by 52%, and open proxy by more than 78%. 
> 
> Port 25 blocking also helped to control the impact viruses that have
> polluted the network by preventing their spread via email routing through
> port 25. "
> 
> Apparently Verizon and Bellsouth block??? Doesn't look like it!!! 
> 
> --Chris
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