Spam Zombies

TopTechNews reported Because home users often lack the technological savvy needed to recognize and fight spammers, the FTC is concentrating its appeal on ISPs, asking the providers to watch for computers that send out unusually high amounts of e-mail and quarantine them. The FTC is targeting "zombie" networks, which are basically the machines of unwitting users that are used to launch spam campaigns. Zombie networks account for about 50 to 80 percent of all spam, according to news reports. The commission noted that it is asking 3,000 ISPs around the world to develop better monitoring systems for detecting hijacked computers.

I would be happy to see spam reduced, but exactly how much email does the FTC think should be allowed before ISP's quarantee users? I regularly send email to 55 users at one time, and from time to time need to send email to 300 people at one time for APCUG business.