Comment Simple ISP baserd Solution (Score 0) 383
I think the only way to cut down on spam without making everyone change email clients, or re-write the protocols, is to enforce ISP based spam blocking.
This means that an ISPs customers must use the mail server of their ISP - otherwise all their STMP trafic gets dumped. Second, the ISP must monitor how many outbound messages a customers computer is sending. If they go above a email a minute (perhaps averaged out over an hour? half an hour?) their SMTP access is blocked, either permanently (until the customer rings the ISP) or for a set amount of time, afte which access is restored. If they keep tripping out their SMTP access, the ISP should block them automatically.
When the user calls the ISP complaining about how they can't send email, the ISP must have good staff able to walk them through downloading, installing and configuring anti-virus and firewall utilities.
your thoughts?
This means that an ISPs customers must use the mail server of their ISP - otherwise all their STMP trafic gets dumped. Second, the ISP must monitor how many outbound messages a customers computer is sending. If they go above a email a minute (perhaps averaged out over an hour? half an hour?) their SMTP access is blocked, either permanently (until the customer rings the ISP) or for a set amount of time, afte which access is restored. If they keep tripping out their SMTP access, the ISP should block them automatically.
When the user calls the ISP complaining about how they can't send email, the ISP must have good staff able to walk them through downloading, installing and configuring anti-virus and firewall utilities.
your thoughts?
