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Re: [Asrg] 6. Proposals - Let pull mail replace push mail

2003-09-30 14:20:37
At 9:36 PM +0200 10/1/03, Dag Kihlman wrote:
I think I have failed to make my point why a pull system would be effective
against spam and viruses. The main thing in my proposal actually is that a
pull system (where the mail client displays outgoing mails) will be a visual
proof that something is very wrong if the owner can see strange mails in the
outgoing arena. The user will see that he or she is hacked or infected and

Sure. But you could equally well say "if everyone runs software that tracks outbound port 25 connections they'll be able to see that a spammer is using their machine for spam". In fact, I'm sure such software exists.
--
Kee Hinckley
http://www.messagefire.com/         Next Generation Spam Defense
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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