Blocking international access

Question

just read an interesting article in the ny times which spoke
about how worldwide spam volumes have doubled... and that spam
accounts for more than 9 of 10 email messages sent.
since a good chunk of the junk comes from outside the country
- and presumably a good chunk of the programs that scour websites
looking for email addresses are out of the country - it seems like
it would be a good idea to block international access to a site
(assuming, obviously, that one doesn't care about the quality
viewers that will be lost in the process) and also block receipt of
incoming email that originated outside the country.
possible?

Answer 1

You'd better go take a nap. That's way too many paragraphs
for you
today.... 8)
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"crash" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Saying it's a reasonable request and saying it's a
reasonable expectation
> are two different things. I would not do it, based
mostly on the reasons
> stated.
>
> No matter how many people might be able to see my
webpage, if I sell local
> products to a local market (say, energy), then the
global market is of no
> concern to me. Yes, I can reach them, but what does it
matter?
>
> If there is a circumstance in which the spam is causing
an overload of my
> servers to provide service to my local customers, and I
sell energy to a
> tri-state area, it may behoove me to limit my site to
only those that I
> serve.
>
> Just because my page is globally accessible doesn't mean
that's the best
> business model to uphold. Similarly, I don't code my
pages in anything
> but English because I don't have the facilities to work
with anybody that
> doesn't speak English. While they might be technically
able to buy my
> product, It's not feasible for me to sell it to them.
>
> Since very little was specified about the site, I did
not find it an
> unreasonable request. I do not agree on the OP's methods
arriving at
> this - articles don't tell you what your traffic is,
only general
> patterns.
>
>
> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
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>> You still think it's reasonable?
>>
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>> "crash" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> heheh, sorry, reader wasn't showing the 800
other replies to this, and I
>>> wasn't lookign at time of posts.
>>>
>>> :O)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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