Internet service providers (ISPs) have declared war on e-commerce web sites run by spammers in a new ‘get tough’ policy on spam. Shutting down these web sites is intended to remove the financial incentive to send spam. The decision to extend the battle against spam onto web sites was taken by ISPs belonging to the London Internet Exchange (LINX), which handles more than 90 per cent of the UK’s Internet traffic. This initiative tackles spammers who host their e-commerce web sites with a reputable ISP while sending spam from another network. ISPs’ anti-spam policies will now also target web site owners even when the site owner uses a third party to send the spam itself.
LINX codes of Best Current Practice (BCP) lead ISPs’ development of acceptable use terms of service, the contract between an ISP and it customer.
