On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Alex Nderitu <nderitualex@gmail.com> wrote:
Wash, What if I decide to setup my own SMTP server and I am a GPRS/EDGE/3G customer and start relaying (spamming) directly to the internet via DNS? A funny torjan can also do this.
Then Safaricom comes for your neck! I am sure they can trace the spamming IP address to the SIM Card and get you....they can block it. Even if you are using a prepaid SIM card.....if I was their sysadmin, I can play this game with you till you are broke:-) It's pretty easy to control any spamming server though...several tricks at throttling your connection and even "suffocating" your server to an extent it runs out of resources - yes, the spamming server - you pump into the SMTP engine mail that does not go out, thereby DDoS-ing your own server. Get it? But fundamentally, you are right. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain