Re: Deterring mail relay attempts

[Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz>]

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 09:09 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Richard Hector writes:
> > My understanding is that most spam comes from compromised home
> > machines these days - so the person getting disrupted is some poor
> > sucker whose machine is compromised, not the actual offender.
> 
> The machine is compromised because the sucker failed to secure it.
> While the botnet operator is the actual criminal the owner of the
> compromised machine is still negligent.

Through ignorance, in most cases, I suspect. I doubt most of them are
aware of the consequences.

Richard