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Re:Port 25 will be blocked for South Korea from December by mike-cardwell on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @08:00AM (#3210540)
Yes they do. And thus botnets are forced to route via the ISPs intermediary server instead of making a direct connection to the recipient mail server. That intermediary server can apply rate limiting and blocking.

ISPs who implement blocks on port 25 and force everyone to use their mail server are able to take responsibility for the spam leaving their network.

Note, ISPs don't block ports 587 and 465, so they're not preventing you from using services like GMail etc.

Also, it is completely relevant as they have all done exactly what is being proposed in the article being discussed. ISPs in South Korea will also provide mail relays for their subscribers to use.

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Re:Port 25 will be blocked for South Korea from December by alexchamberlain on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @08:06AM (#3210557)
But this is really easy to work around. Isn't the Soth Korea arguing that all mail relays should block port 25, not just those on residential networks?
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Re:Port 25 will be blocked for South Korea from December by mike-cardwell on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @08:17AM (#3210582)
I haven't seen them say that anywhere. If they block port 25 everywhere, then they simply prevent the ability to send or receive email within South Korea. That's clearly not their plan.

The port 25 block is designed to force compromised systems to route email via controlled boxes. The fact that you can route email via controlled boxes doesn't mean you've worked around the block, it means you've been forced to do exactly what the intention was.

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Re:Port 25 will be blocked for South Korea from December by alexchamberlain on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @08:26AM (#3210611)
Maybe I've misunderstood something. I wonder how much spam is sent via compromised residential systems and how much is sent via less than perfect commercial systems?
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Re:Port 25 will be blocked for South Korea from December by mike-cardwell on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @08:31AM (#3210627)
The vast majority is from botnets, which compromise mostly of compromised residential systems. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/email-spam-down-82-percent-s...
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