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Re: Why spam is a problem.

2002-08-13 18:09:20

Keith Moore <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> writes:
Extending the TCPA to include unsolicited commercial mail is our best
collective hope at slowing down spam in the short term, 

yeah, like it's really going to stop the spam coming from Korea. 

I stop that by blocking anything coming in with a Korean character
set. That and the thing blocking anything with a Chinese character set
stop a huge number of hits a day. I'm not concerned, actually, about
the garbage I can automatically eliminate. What concerns me is the
fraction that I can't, like the "Giant Discount!" spam that just made
it past my filters.

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Perry E. Metzger                perry(_at_)piermont(_dot_)com
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