Group Accuses MCI of Hosting Spammers

Anti-spam group Spamhaus claims telecom giant MCI is playing host to 187 known "spam gangs" around the world despite receiving repeated notification.

“Spamhaus said “pink contracts,” which have been around for many years in the anti-spam community, are at the root of the problem. Defined as agreements between ISPs and spammers in which the Internet host agrees to exempt the spammer from the company’s normal terms of service in exchange for a hefty fee, the practice held myth status until anti-spam groups were able to prove financial relationships between ISPs and spam groups.”

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