p2pnet.net News:- “Spamhaus is predicting e-mail meltdown, thanks to a new trojan trick that – instead of using the zombie PC as a mail server – the zombie box uses the infected customer’s ISP’s mail server,” says dslreports, going on:

“Because that spam in turn comes from a legit domain, it’s more difficult to block via blacklists.

" The e-mail infrastructure is beginning to fail,’ Says Steve Linford of Spamhaus to CNET. ‘You’ll see huge delays in e-mail and servers collapsing. It’s the beginning of the e-mail meltdown.’ Linford says they’ve already seen a ‘huge surge’ in spam because of the trick.”

“The sky is falling the sky is falling said Chicken little once again,” posts Shack.

“hehehe, my thoughts exactly!” – says Krispy. “I guess it must be a slow news day or something.”

“NOW is the time to find, convict and execute ALL SPAMMERS !!!” declares HangThemNow.

“Must be a republican – or a christian,” opines hpguru.

heh

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See:-
e-mail meltdown – E-mail Armageddon?, dslreports, February 3, 2005

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