At 7:52 PM +0000 3/5/03, Richard wrote:
Instead I suggest that the detection software at ISPs should respond
to the spam it detects. This wouldn't effect the few false positives
that are found, in fact it would be a service as it would advise
them to rephrase their subject line.
This is why everyone is talking about authenticated senders. You
cannot reply until you know who to reply to. The message arrives
from a machine not owned by the spammer. The from address isn't
owned by the spammer. The web address listed in the email may only
be up for a matter of hours before it is shut down. In fact often
even the domain records get changed by the spammer after the spam has
been out for a few hours. Any form of automatic reply promptly turns
into a very convenient way to abuse innocent bystanders. It all
comes back to authentication.
--
Kee Hinckley
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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