Originally posted here by MsMittens
Only if open relays were closed. You don't have to be a fancy operation to run a spam house, AFAIK. All you need is an SMTP server with an open relay and your in biz. And there are enough open relays that this continues pretty close to unbated. I mean seriously, how many penial enlargements with beach front condos and low rate mortgages does a chick need?
I agree about the need to close open relays, but if you use spamcop, they raise a complaint with the abuse contact of any websites mentioned in the mail, forcing the move of income generating websites.

Steve