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ORBS spam traffic jam
ORBS, a New Zealand organization that tests networks for bad e-mail filters without waiting for spam complaints, is fighting spam with spam. The thousands of e-mails needed to poke and prod a system for weak links are considered spam by one of the groups ISPs, AboveNet.
ORBS, a New Zealand organization that tests networks for bad e-mail filters without waiting for spam complaints, is fighting spam with spam. The thousands of e-mails needed to poke and prod a system for weak links are considered spam by one of the groups ISPs, AboveNet. Unless it changes its ways, or switches to another ISP, AboveNet is planning to block ORBS e-mail, sources said Wednesday. Full story. -- Ben Charny, ZDNet News