On Monday 26 May 2003 16:21, Eric A. Hall wrote: EA> How so? As I have heard it used in the common sense, EA> [a tarpit] allows delivery to some and slows the EA> delivery to others, but doesn't prevent any of it. By slowing it down, it increases the chances that the spammer may be caught in the act, and shut down by a responsive ISP's security department. (Quit laughing. It happens. Once in a blue moon. Or at least, the security folks TELL me they've shut the connection down....) EA> Even in those cases of cooperative tarpits that cooperate to EA> consume socket resources on the spamming host, some recipients still EA> have to take the pain before the cooperative nets can respond. Well, SOMEone's gotta walk point.... -- David J. Aronson, unemployed Software Engineer in Washington DC area. Go to http://destined.to/program/ for online resume, references, etc.