# ISP-based anti-spam countermeasures

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/isp-based-anti-spam-countermeasures/20082>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [15 Septiembre, 2014 17:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/isp-based-anti-spam-countermeasures/20082 "2014-09-15T17:41:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![strager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Post date:** [11 Agosto, 2015 22:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/isp-based-anti-spam-countermeasures/20082/14 "2015-08-11T22:03:41Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> We have done a lot to improve spam handling recently (be sure to update to latest), human spam is much harder and you also have akismet plugin.
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> The huge blocks should not be needed and leave a massive bad taste when invoked.

Being able to block ranges is still relevant for reasons other than anti-spam. For example, in an enterprise environment you might have a mandate to block access to users from specific countries etc.

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