On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 21:08 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote:
I’d happily drop packets to save bandwidth, and load on my MTA, but I’d think twice about that reason.
My understanding is that most spam comes from compromised home machines these days – so the person getting disrupted is some poor sucker whose machine is compromised, not the actual offender.
Dropping packets may save _them_ bandwidth as well, so as I say, I’d happily do it 
Richard
Richard Hector writes:
The machine is compromised because the sucker failed to secure it. While the botnet operator is the actual criminal the owner of the compromised machine is still negligent.
Through ignorance, in most cases, I suspect. I doubt most of them are aware of the consequences.
Richard