Hotmail Uses RBL
from the spam-be-gone dept
Microsoft's Hotmail has started using the Realtime Blackhole List of open servers that spammers often use to block spam. It is a very drastic move, and I'm not sure it's the best move, but it might lead to forcing some of those servers to close up their access. I still prefer an approach like Spamcop to an absolute ban. If Hotmail implemented Spamcop's filtering method, that would probably be a bit fairer.
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SPAM?
At that time there were only two people that new my e-mail address (even COULD know my e-mail address), yet I was STILL contacted.
I susspect taht either 1) there is another path into the homail network which is now known, or 2) hotmail is sellling my address, despite thier policy statements.
I'm really wwondering about my (at that time) unused accout and a respectable computer company.
Now, I've receveived SPAM before, but not from a computer a
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Re: SPAM?
Also I don't know if it means much to either of your theories, but I had hotmail for about 6 months before I received a single spam message. Then one day I just started getting them and now I get about 5 a day. (not much compared to what some people get, but it went from 0 to 5 a day in a day!)
I guess I think that must mean hotmail sells the address because all the spam companies couldn't have found that path on the same day unless they were told about it.
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