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Re: [Asrg] The "Human-Shield" effect; the need for end-user control

2003-03-23 11:43:50
At 10:42 AM +0000 3/23/03, Matt Sergeant wrote:
 > There are some issues.  Your filter server's capabilities may not be
 the same as mine, for instance.  But in general, the idea of a common
 mechanism for expressing your filter desires (what countries, what
 languages, what's the white list, what's the blacklist, what IP's or
 RBLs...) is a good idea.  We have already done some preliminary work
 in this area with our product.

As have the IETF. See SEIVE.

That looks like an attempt to write a programming language for filtering text in email format. That is *way* more specific than simply configuring an existing filter. Has anyone actually implemented it?
(http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3028.txt?number=3028 for those wondering)
--
Kee Hinckley
http://www.puremessaging.com/        Junk-Free Email Filtering
http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/   Writings on Technology and Society

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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