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Re: How Not To Filter Spam

2004-02-19 17:40:34


Vernon Schryver wrote:

If a complete stranger is the sender of an incoming message, then
crypto keys are irrelevant to determining the message is unsolicited
bulk.  

No. In PGP, for example, I accept a key based on who signed it and
when. If I can trust the signer(s), I may use a key from a stranger.

The PGP mantra that a good key does not imply that the sender or the
message is good applies here.

Define "good key" and you'll define what the key is good for.



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