clean up the spammer section (ec2cd3608) - tor-webwml.git

faq-abuse.html

@@ -105,17 +105,19 @@ if you're still worried. </p>
 <a name="WhatAboutSpammers"></a>
 <h3>What about spammers?</h3>
 
-<p>The default Tor exit policy rejects all outgoing port 25 (SMTP)
-traffic. So sending spam mail through Tor isn't going to work. It's
-possible that some server operators will enable port 25 on their
-particular exit node, in which case only that computer will allow outgoing
-mails; but that individual could just set up an open mail relay too,
-independent of Tor. </p>
-
-<p>So far, no Tor server has enabled outgoing port 25 in his exit
-policy. </p>
-
-<p>In short, Tor isn't useful for spammers. </p>
+<p>The simple answer: The default Tor exit policy rejects all outgoing
+port 25 (SMTP) traffic. So sending spam mail through Tor isn't going to
+work. It's possible that some server operators will enable port 25 on
+their particular exit node, in which case only that computer will allow
+outgoing mails; but that individual could just set up an open mail relay
+too, independent of Tor. In short, Tor isn't useful for spammers, because
+nearly all Tor servers refuse to deliver it. </p>
+
+<p>The complex answer: Spammers are already doing great without Tor. They
+have armies of compromised computers that do their spamming. The added
+complexity of getting new software installed and configured, and doing
+Tor's public key operations, etc, makes it not economically worthwhile
+for them to use Tor. </p>
 
 <a name="ExitPolicies"></a>
 <h3>How do Tor exit policies work?</h3>


...	...	@@ -105,17 +105,19 @@ if you're still worried. </p>
105	105	<a name="WhatAboutSpammers"></a>
106	106	<h3>What about spammers?</h3>
107	107
108		-<p>The default Tor exit policy rejects all outgoing port 25 (SMTP)
109		-traffic. So sending spam mail through Tor isn't going to work. It's
110		-possible that some server operators will enable port 25 on their
111		-particular exit node, in which case only that computer will allow outgoing
112		-mails; but that individual could just set up an open mail relay too,
113		-independent of Tor. </p>
114		-
115		-<p>So far, no Tor server has enabled outgoing port 25 in his exit
116		-policy. </p>
117		-
118		-<p>In short, Tor isn't useful for spammers. </p>
	108	+<p>The simple answer: The default Tor exit policy rejects all outgoing
	109	+port 25 (SMTP) traffic. So sending spam mail through Tor isn't going to
	110	+work. It's possible that some server operators will enable port 25 on
	111	+their particular exit node, in which case only that computer will allow
	112	+outgoing mails; but that individual could just set up an open mail relay
	113	+too, independent of Tor. In short, Tor isn't useful for spammers, because
	114	+nearly all Tor servers refuse to deliver it. </p>
	115	+
	116	+<p>The complex answer: Spammers are already doing great without Tor. They
	117	+have armies of compromised computers that do their spamming. The added
	118	+complexity of getting new software installed and configured, and doing
	119	+Tor's public key operations, etc, makes it not economically worthwhile
	120	+for them to use Tor. </p>
119	121
120	122	<a name="ExitPolicies"></a>
121	123	<h3>How do Tor exit policies work?</h3>
122	124