Spamhaus, an authoritative force against the unwanted e-mail that accounts for more than half of all mail sent on the Internet, sounded an alarm this week over the problem of Internet service provider (ISP) e-mail relays being used by spammers. The so-called “proxy” spam — which is sent by machines compromised by malicious software,
sometimes without computer owners’ awareness — has long been considered a main culprit in spam proliferation.
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Scope of Spam Trick Debated
Posted by: Jay Lyman February 4, 2005 02:09 PMSpamhaus, an authoritative force against the unwanted e-mail that accounts for more than half of all mail sent on the Internet, sounded an alarm this week over the problem of Internet service provider (ISP) e-mail relays being used by spammers. The so-called “proxy” spam — which is sent by machines compromised by malicious software,
sometimes without computer owners’ awareness — has long been considered a main culprit in spam proliferation.