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These are the simple facts my friends. There are two moves that any ISP can do to combat Spam and reduce the spread of Botnets and they won’t cost an arm and a leg either.  John E. Dunn @ Techworld gives us the scoop:

Two simple techniques could be used to strangle botnets, a security expert has claimed. First, block email port 25 by default. Second, tell users when they are spewing spam from compromised PCs.According to Trend Micro’s CTO, Dave Rand, who is leading a campaign to reform the way ISPs approach the matter of botnets and spam, the two countries that adopted such techniques, The Netherlands and Turkey, have seen a huge reduction in the numbers of botnetted PCs.

Go read it all and see that a little security can go a long way when dealing with spam.