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Monday 22 October 2007

The Harmonious Society

cpc.jpg It may come as something of a surprise to some, but spamtrackers.eu is not visible from China, where it is blacklisted.

I do not know the reasons for this blacklisting, other than perhaps it has to do with an automated rejection of content based on the 'spammy' content. Indeed, to a robot reading spamtrackers.eu, the content is the same as all the usual spam and phishing operations. The difference, of course, is that the spam wiki is there to present the content and to help the public by analyzing it.

And of course the irony of blacklisting one of the internet's best resources on spam while leaving thousands of spammers to go about their business, does not go unnoticed. After all, according to Spamhaus, China is (a distant) second only to the United States in the total number of spams sent.

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Saturday 15 September 2007

DNSPOD joins the fight against spam

DNSPOD LogoDNSPOD (新闻组, view report) has teamed up with Spamtrackers to bring the power of spam eduction to the Asian continent. By agreeing to host and provide DNS services to spamtrackers in China (TBA), DNSPOD has demonstrated that they are one of those rare ethical ISP that care not only about making a profit, but also in making the internet a safer and more pleasant place for all.

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