Spam shutdown. For great justice!

Apparently, a colo outfit in California, McColo, was responsible for 75% out the world-wide spam output. They have been shut down. I can confirm this through anecdotal evidence. I've received 3 spam messages is 6 hours, instead of 30+.

I'm pretty mad. Not because they were shut down. I like an empty spam folder as much as the next guy. But they weren't closed down by law enforcement, but by their upstream providers. I was under they impressions that professionals were constantly working on fighting spam, and that this fight was going poorly because most spam was originating from Asia or Eastern Europe or botnets. But apparently it was happening right here under our noses where we should be able to do something about it. Like arresting people and bagging there spam-spewing servers.

I'll have to research this more before I form a proper opinion but for now I'm quite miffed.