 Dalantech
Jedi Web Master
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Friday November 14th 2008 06:43 AM - Post#98996
From Washington Post
The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted on Tuesday after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken offline.
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 Lanwizard
Mostly Harmless
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Age: 46
Loc: Tucson, AZ.
Reg: Saturday June 29th 2002
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Friday November 14th 2008 07:21 AM - Post#98998
In response to Dalantech
In this case, it's a good idea to shoot the messenger.
Somebody told me to go to Hell, I replied back that I can't. He asked me why and I said that the Devil has taken out a restraining order against me.
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Hardrive
DLT Staff
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Loc: Long Beach, CA
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Friday November 14th 2008 01:30 PM - Post#99000
In response to Dalantech
Yeah... unfortunately it will be just another move in the cat and mouse theater. 
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robmac
Tech
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Age: 57
Loc: Lincoln, NE
Reg: Thursday June 27th 2002
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Friday November 14th 2008 05:33 PM - Post#99004
In response to Hardrive
yeah, about that cat and mouse ...
If they an get the host what makes it so hard to take one more step to the spammsters ??
I have yet to see an article cover that aspect in depth.
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WISPguy
Da WiFi Guy
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Friday November 14th 2008 06:16 PM - Post#99006
In response to Dalantech
While this rocks in principle, I wonder how big of an effect it will really have. Sadly, I seem to be getting more spam in my Gmail account this week.
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Hardrive
DLT Staff
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Saturday November 15th 2008 01:04 PM - Post#99008
In response to WISPguy
Significant decrease on my email server and gmail/yahoo/hotmail accounts.
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matt619
enthusiast
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Loc: San Diego, CA
Reg: Wednesday February 12th 2003
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Saturday November 15th 2008 02:46 PM - Post#99009
In response to Hardrive
I emptied my spam folder in gmail when I initially read about this early this week, I should be up to about 750-1000 spam by now...only at 270 as of this writing. That's 2/3 to 3/4 decrease for me w00t 
-M@
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matt619
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Sunday November 16th 2008 11:58 PM - Post#99022
In response to matt619
Single shutdown cuts internet spam by two-thirds
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2008/11 /16/si...
Lol....Like I said...
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DooD
Member
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Tuesday November 18th 2008 06:36 PM - Post#99035
In response to matt619
Why can't I attach files to this post? I've got a nice graphical depiction of the spam drop on our domain
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Hardrive
DLT Staff
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Tuesday November 18th 2008 08:19 PM - Post#99038
In response to DooD
?
Works for me. 
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matt619
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Tuesday November 18th 2008 09:18 PM - Post#99039
In response to DooD
Enjoy the drop while you can...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/18/short_mcco...
McColo, a network provider that was yanked offline following reports it enabled more than half the world's spam, briefly returned from the dead over the weekend so it could hand-off command and control channels to a new source, security researchers said.
The brief resurrection allowed miscreants who rely on McColo to update a portion of the massive botnets they use to push spam and malware. Researchers from FireEye saw PCs infected by the Rustock botnet being updated so they'd report to a new server located at abilena.podolsk-mo.ru for instructions. That means the sharp drop in spam levels reported immediately after McColo's demise isn't likely to last.
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DooD
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Tuesday November 18th 2008 10:28 PM - Post#99040
In response to matt619
When I try to attach a file, it gives me the error "The maximum number of files allowed has been reached"
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matt619
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Tuesday November 18th 2008 10:34 PM - Post#99041
In response to DooD
Take a screencap and upload to photobucket?
-M@
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Hardrive
DLT Staff
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Loc: Long Beach, CA
Reg: Thursday January 4th 2001
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Wednesday November 19th 2008 02:21 AM - Post#99042
In response to DooD
Why can't I attach files to this post? I've got a nice graphical depiction of the spam drop on our domain
I just used the "Become this user" from the admin console and I see your error message. I'll look around in your profile more to see what I can find.
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Hardrive
DLT Staff
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Wednesday November 19th 2008 02:33 AM - Post#99043
In response to DooD
You can't upload any files in the news areas. Other areas like the Bit Bucket you can.
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