Guy Rosen wrote:
Hi,
As part of our BluePedia project, we've set up a list (updated regularly) of GeoCities-based spam sites, based on what we see in the spam our user community reports to us. http://community.bluesecurity.com/bluepedia/DataFeeds/geocities_sites.txt
I have been maintaining a similar list, with detailed information about each target for 2 months, so far, I have about 800 sites and a .cf ruleset for them.
At the time of writing there are 2,175 live sites in our list, which is a pretty big number. GeoCities remains the #1 spamvertised domain in the spam we receive. What're your directions on how to tackle this phenomenon?
From what I understand, Yahoo is quite happy with the brand exposure for Geocities. Average users will see their brand many times a day, and they don't care if it's in spams as long as they appear to be a victim of the spammer.
We all know they're not victims but a true spam resource provider. As I wrote in my Dec. 21 message in the board, their support for spammers is so entrenched that the only way we are going to get rid of it is by attacking their corporate image in the press. I does have to be ugly, but solid and thoroughly researched to outweigh their gains in brand exposure.
Next step would be to gather support from major anti spam organizations and issue a documented press release sharply criticizing Yahoo for their continued and growing spam support.
Regards,
Eric