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From Christina===
Dear Webby
Where does all the spam come from?
When I look up the IP numbers, I see Chinese servers,
but that does not make sense at all.
Christina

Dear Christina
What you saw were dumb relays in China. Some Chinese
servers make money by allowing spammers to send their
spam through them to disguise the origin, and some of them
are simply so incompetent that they don't even notice it 
when spammers do that. They don't really care anyway. 
It's no big deal to them if the US loses a Billion Dollars in 
productivity every week because people have to waste time 
on getting rid of spam.

There is no point in getting sidetracked with the 
misdirections. If we block China, then the spammers will 
just relay through Africa. What you have to look at is who 
paid the geeks to send the spam through China to you.

It's the fake Rollex seller a few houses over from you, 
and the pill pusher across the street from the church, 
and that annoying yuppie insurance broker next door to
Gramma's house.

You have to look at who would benefit if you fell for the 
spam. Those are the real culprits. The FTC could easily 
find them, if they wanted to, or if they were encouraged
enough. PayPal and the credit card companies will quite
cheerfully comply with a subpoena and reveal who the 
beneficiary of an order was.
They don't like spam either.

Have FUN!
Dear Webby