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Spam guidelines published
Monday 30th June 2008, by Daniel King
Internet users could find that their broadband provider will help further in the fight against spam emails, if new advice is taken up, reports the BBC.
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) has released guidelines which suggest that internet service providers block 'port 25' which spam mail travels through, as well as introducing separate servers for emails received and those which have been forwarded.
A senior anti-spam technologist Matt Sergeant from MessageLabs told the corporation: "Some ISPs will always remain wide open even if we succeed in closing port 25 ... but that doesn't mean that it isn't worth doing. If we don't do it spam volumes will increase."
It was revealed that some internet providers in the US are already implementing the block, which could help the spam issue and stop the estimated 90 per cent of malicious software sent by botnets - computer networks controlled by hackers.
MAAWG has an annual general meeting set to take place in Florida in September, where the issue which blights many broadband users will be further discussed.
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