What I mean is, the originating IP address should not be such an overwhelming criterion of spamminess. When I receive spam, my most important criterion for fil

What I mean is, the originating IP address should not be such an overwhelming criterion of spamminess. When I receive spam, my most important criterion for filtering it is pure content. I have a hard time believing spam is such a huge problem we have to use simplistic filters such as IP bans to deal with them. My email address is written without obfuscation in the open web (my own website), and my email clients' filters (Thunderbird or Evolution, depending) are more than enough once I have trained them a little. (My domain is probably even less famous, but I do receive cold, non-spammy email from time to time regarding my blog articles.)