If someone adds some challenge suppression Exempt headers, this does not
mean that the email simply goes through. In many cases, it's simply
quarantined. There is no advantage to adding an exempt..if anything, it
only subjects the email to more scrutiny.
-----Original Message-----
From: asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org [mailto:asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org]
On
Behalf Of Radu Hociung
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:15 AM
To: 'Eric Dean'; asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: RE: [Asrg] asrg-cri - spam to mailing lists ?
In that case, I really think the proposed protocol should
have provisions for the mailing-list corner case; otherwise,
this corner case will become the path of least resistance for
spam to get through. Just as an electrical current, spam will
then follow this path - perhaps not immediately, but
eventually, when it is one of the last opportunities left open.
'A solution is only as strong as it's weakest link'
Radu.
PS. I had the pleasure to go through your C/R procedure, and
I appreciate the ease of use from my end. How many mailboxes
does your software protect?
We are merely specifying a protocol. The actual
implementation of that
protocol and the actions that are taken based upon specific messages
are up to individuals.
The intent was to see if this protocol provided a
comprehensive set of
messages for CRI.
Exactly. If the process of deleting such spam is not
automated, then the spam protection is not really protecting
anything, and in fact it makes the spam problem worse by
providing a mechanism of guaranteed delivery.
Is it not the consensus that spam should be prevented from
reaching the mailbox?
If a spammer included exempt headers then the process would not be
automated and the message would be subject to manual
deletion. The
intent is that valid email would automatically be delivered and
anything else would do something else.
2. About the contents: If a spammer would add headers to his
message to make it look like a mailing list, this message would
then not be subject to the other provisions of the
draft? Is there
a separate draft/RFC to deal with the mailing list/CR
combination,
or do you intend to address this in some way?
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