[news] Developing Nations Losing Spam Battle, Report Says

[Resist!ca]

More spammers are setting up shop in less-developed countries as authorities and Internet service providers in the United States and Europe crack down on them. As ISP's in developing nations harbor more spammers, those providers increasingly land on international "block lists." That jams up e-mail services for their customers--spammers and regular Web users alike. In countries with a single ISP providing e-mail services, landing on a block list can cut the entire country off from e-mail access. That's just what happened in Costa Rica a few years ago, when antispam campaign group Spamhaus blocked e-mail from the country for two whole days.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/28/18219/7008