[Asrg] Dictionary Attacks

[John Leslie]

der Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> wrote:
> [John Leslie wrote:]
> 
>> 4) there _could_ be value in an automated way to tell Earthlink about
>> abuse;
> 
>> 5) any use of <abuse at earthlink.com> cannot serve that purpose;
> 
> Why not?  I can't think why an "automated way" such as (4) mentions
> couldn't be carried on top of email to abuse at earthlink.com.

1) <abuse at anywhere> is spammed too heavily

2) <abuse at earthlink> necessarily has earthlink-specific processing

   For a reporting procedure to be practical, we need to avoid the
N * M problem.

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John Leslie <john at jlc.net>