At 1:37 AM -0400 6/29/03, Yakov Shafranovich wrote:
It seems to me that the members of the group are looking at the spam
problem from two different angles:
1. Network Abuse - some people including Barry Shain and Eric
Brunner specifically, have been proposing that we look at the entire
spam problem as one of network abuse. The Internet in general, and
SMTP in particular, have been built as open systems trusting all
network users to behave themselves. Spam is caused by those users
abusing the network and its resources.
I've been thinking about this every since Barry posted is "call every
phone" mail. And it seems to me that there is another way to look at
solving the problem. Or rather, not _solving_ the problem, but
addressing it.
How about technical solutions (and DCC is an example of this) for
detecting spam in progress. In other words. When some set of
machines start spewing millions of messages, why shouldn't there be a
dynamically early alert-system for detecting that. Perhaps even one
that could be installed on gateway machines--not just mail servers?
--
Kee Hinckley
http://www.messagefire.com/ Anti-Spam Service for your POP Account
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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