>> Most spam is caught before it even leaves the originating mail server now. Funnily enough,
>> the odd bit of spam that I have had over the last 6 months is
>> usually from departmental hubs in South American colleges and universities where some student has connected
>> remotely and uses the hub as a relay.
>> I have a mail filter that traces the real originating address and then does a
>> 'whois' to bounce the spam back to the 'abuse' admin. They usually get the idea
>> and close the hole pretty quickly.
That seems like most of the spam I'm getting. Certainly looks like it's coming from educational facilities when I hover the cursor over the sender. I wonder if students get paid for originating the stuff?
I'll have to learn how to filter and bounce back the spam.
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