Why spam is getting out of control

For David Hart, monitoring spam is a matter of atonement. The technician, formerly a consultant for a spammer, reformed a couple of years ago and started his own DNS blackhole list -- a list of Internet addresses that have been identified as spam senders. Volunteers at TQM3, including Hart, watch e-mail traffic for likely spammers and constantly update the list, which is then available to systems administrators across the Internet.
"There's a certain amount of guilt," Hart said. "I was wrong, and this is part of making amends for a profound misjudgment on my part."

Recently he's been getting plenty of opportunities to redeem himself, thanks to the "tail" -- a screen on his e-mail server that shows all the IP addresses on the Internet that are being added to his spam list. Normally, the tail twitches along at a steady rate, but lately, activity has exploded.

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» Taipei Times - Danny Bradbury - 12-11-2006

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