It looks like Lycos bit off more than it could chew. I can’t say I’m over surprised that the anti-SPAM screensaver that Lycos was distributing earlier this week in an attempt to fight back at the SPAMmers went all pear shaped.
On the one hand, part of me was secretly pleased that the scumbags who send out this junk were going to be getting their own back. Trouble is, others may well suffer in the process when servers fail through bombardments that amount to a distributed denial of service attack. And, although not necessarily illegal, it certainly is immoral.
I’ll be sticking to the more traditional methods….
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I rigorously apply the Boulder pledge:
“Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the on-line community.”Visit me @ http://longrider.blog-city.com