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1、Lesson35SpammingtheWorldbyBYBRADSTONEANDJENNIFERLIN
2、NEWSWEEKFromthemagazineissuedatedAug19,2002InAPopularityContest,‘BulkE-Mailers’WouldRankJustAboveChildPornographers.ButTheScourgeOfTheInternetIsDefendingItsVocation.1.AlRalskywouldlikeyoutohavethick,lustroushair.H
3、ealsowantstohelpyoubuyacheapcar,getaloanregardlessofyourcredithistoryandearnasix-figureincomefromthecomfortofyourhome.Butaccordingtohiscritics,Ralsky’snotado-gooder,butabaneoftheInternet–aspammer,responsiblefordeluginge-mailaccountsandchokingtheInternetserviceprovi
4、ders(ISPs)thatadministerthem.Inreallife,the57-year-oldfatherofthreelivesinamiddle-classsuburbofDetroit.Hestartedbulke-mailingsevenyearsago,whenhewasflatbroke.Tobuyhisfirsttwocomputerservers,hehadtosellhis1994ToyotaCamry.ThesedaysRalskysendsoutmorethan30millione-mai
5、lsadayandravesaboutthepossibilitiesofmarketingontheInternet.“It’sthemostfairplayingfieldintheworld,”hesays.“ItmakesyouequalwithanyFortune500company.”2.InapopularitycontestamongNetusers,spammerswouldprobablyrankonlyslightlyabovechildpornographers.Spam–unsolicitedmes
6、sagesthatmaketheirwaytoyoure-mailinboxwithmisleadingsubjectlinesanddubiouspropositions(frompyramidschemestopornocome-ons)–accountsfor30to50percentofalle-mailtrafficontheNet.Usersarefedup,andbigISPslikeAOLandEarthlink,increasinglyoverwhelmedbytheexcesstraffic,aretak
7、ingsomespamoperatorstocourt.Meanwhile,vigilanteanti-spamorganizationslikeSpamCopareaggressivelyblacklistingspamoperatorsandpublishingtheirhomeandfamilyinformationontheWeb.Anti-spamsentimenthasevenevolvedtothepointwherespammersthemselvesarefeelinglikevictims,andared
8、efendingwhattheycallanhonest,legalliving.Marylande-mailerAlanMoore,alsoknownas“Dr.Fat”forhisherbalweight-losspills,saysspammersare“helpingtheeconomyandaddingtotheGNP.Peopleneedtorealizehis.”3.Spamoperationsareoften,bynecessity,fly-by-nightbusinesses.Bulke-mailersga
9、theraddressesusing“spambots”likethe$179AtomicHarvester,apieceofsoftwarethatscourstheInternet24/7,vacuumingupaddressesitencountersonbulletinboards
