In what some see as a perfect example of the evidence of cosmic retribution, an avalanche of spam has crashed British Internet service provider Pipex's servers, and stopped delivery of e-mail to its million-plus users for the past week. . . . . In what some see as a perfect example of the evidence of cosmic retribution, an avalanche of spam has crashed British Internet service provider Pipex's servers, and stopped delivery of e-mail to its million-plus users for the past week. Pipex is owned by UUNET, and according to statistics compiled by spam fighting and tracking sites SpamCop and SpamHaus, more spam gets spewed through UUNET than from all the other Internet service providers combined. The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . Overwhelmed by junk messages, MailPro's systems struggle to send emails to clients, highlighting the persistent issue of spamming.. Pipex Email Issue, Spam Attack Consequences, Service Disruption News. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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