I admit that my knowledge of mail systems is finite, and I am not sure what you
mean by "accepted," but this is how I envision current mail systems function as
compared to my system:
Current mail systems
Email arrives at the server and white listed email is passed on to the
recipients inbox, everything else is passed through a filter >>> A strong
filter removes 99% of spam and on a rare occasion a legitimate email. The
filtered spam is either discarded or sent to a bulk mail folder >>> Everything
that escapes the filter arrives in the recipients inbox.
My system
Email arrives at the server and white listed email and email that contains a
valid sub-address is passed on to the recipients inbox, everything else is
passed through a filter >>> A weak filter removes 95% of spam and on an
extremely rare occasion a legitimate email. The filtered spam is discarded >>>
A bounce is sent out to the 5% of email that made it through the filter.
Would everyone agree that this is more or less correct? My system does not
require that all email be accepted any more than current email systems. If
your current email system uses a bulk email folder than in actuality your
current system is 'accepting everything.'
Sincerely,
Michael Kaplan
On 13/12/04 11:07 -0500, Michael Kaplan wrote:
"The problem with the bounces does not involve the small number of
bounces sent in response to emails from legitimate senders who are not
on the white list and who used a deactivated sub-address. The real
problem will be with the bounces that are sent in response to the hoard
of spam that is being sent using a deactivated sub-address (or with no
sub-address at all).
All emails that would have generated bounces are first sent through a
weak spam filter (meaning one that will almost never generate a false
positive). Let's say that this weak filter identifies 95% of these
emails as unambiguously being spam. Bounces are now generated only to
the remaining 5% of emails. Now this system can only increase a network's
traffic up to 5%. This small increase in traffic should be quite
tolerable. We have also dramatically decreased the number of innocent
http://nixcartel.org/~devdas/minute.png
5% you say? Note that you require all that mail to be accepted in the
first place.
Devdas Bhagat
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