Lycos Europe (an internet Service Provider) is offering its customers a free program that bombards known spam servers with a stream of garbage that is intended to slow the server down enough to make it difficult to send the quantity of messages that it needs to send out. The idea is that if enough people do this the spammers will give up I guess.
It won't work, and I suspect that some legal action could be generated by this. I don't think you'll see this program available for long. I do think you will see Lycos's own servers bombarded by spammers and hackers.
The best way to stop spam? Stop buying the stuff! Did I tell you the story of the spammer that made $24 MILLION in 4 years?
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