Re: [tlug] iptable blocking IP addresses

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:18:48 -0800, Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com>
wrote:

> Yes, Wana[dp]oo is horrid.  If it's not the biggest spam and virus pit in
> all of Europe, it's likely at least the biggest one in western Europe.

Serious competition for the #1 spewage rank in western Europe is also coming
from Telefonica de Espaņa, a2000.nl/chello.nl/upc.nl, interbusiness.it,
schlund.de/kundenserver.de and tiscali.{fr,nl,it,co.uk}.

> There are some professional spam rings with networks in eastern Europe
> (especially Poland, IIRC),

More like Russia in first place for eastern Europe, with Poland a close
second, followed closely by Romania. The Czech Republic and Slovenia have
showed up on the radar too.

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