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   Amanda B. Reckondwith, 19 Feb 2002 @ 11:33am

   
   

   They will just change continents

   I am starting to receive more and more spam from Central and South America. However, the junk from Asia and Eastern Europe hasn't declined and sometimes is a duplicate of the Latin American routed stuff. If these clowns would put as much energy into a "respectable" business as they do hiding their tracks, they might make money and not piss off the rest of the world in the process.
   
   Yes, I would endorse my ISP filtering out all spam that is not USA in origin and/or passes through off-shore servers. Anyone who need contact out of the USA could use a different server.

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   Duffman, 19 Feb 2002 @ 5:01pm

   
   

   Re: They will just change continents

   Yeah, but what happens when everyone's ISP decides to start blocking non-US or non-North America messages? And why should I be forced to find an ISP who has chosen not to do this in order to communicate with my friend in Romania, just because you don't like getting spam?

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   Cheeses H. Kryst, 19 Feb 2002 @ 5:55pm

   
   

   This is a non problem

   >Yeah, but what happens when everyone's ISP decides to start blocking non-US or non-North America messages? And why should I be forced to find an ISP who has chosen not to do this in order to communicate with my friend in Romania, just because you don't like getting spam.< br>
   Not EVERY service is going to block non-US (Canada is often a source of spam as well). There will be plenty of ISPs that will cater to expats and people who need to communincate with the 3rd and 2nd World.
   
   Hell, an ISP could easily have two servers. one for those who don't want be inundated with spam and one for those who want to make money fast, get Viagra cheap, or copy any DVD. Don't bring the cost of additional servers into the subject, ISPs are spending a lot of money dealing with spam now.

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   Andrea, 19 Feb 2002 @ 6:49pm

   
   

   'Tis true

   Asian companies definitely have less problems with spam. I used to work at a company that threatened to fire me if I didn't spam their target market (I resigned). It takes many, many complaints to Asian ISPs before they do anything to combat people sending spam from their servers.

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