Re: How do fix a good solution against spam..

From: Fernando Schapachnik (fernando_at_mecon.gov.ar)
Date: 05/14/04

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    Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:12:47 -0300
To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>

    En un mensaje anterior, Jan Grant escribió:
    > On Fri, 14 May 2004, Fernando Schapachnik wrote:
    >
    > > I don't know TMDA in depth, but with ASK, that most probably wouldn't happen.
    > > Here's why: every user has to define a "mailkey", which is some phrase that is
    > > present in his .sig. Nowadays is pretty common to get replies quoting the
    > > full message. ASK delivers (and also whitelists, if so configured) mail
    > > containing your mailkey.
    >
    > So, it's a hack that is defeated by decent sig-stripping mail clients,
    > and adds (dubious) value to the practice of including the entirety of a
    > message.

    Not really. Your mailkey can be just your name written in a particular way
    (maybe including an initial or second name), so the tipical "John S. Doe wrote:"
    quote will sufice. And its rare that "customized" spams uses that much info.

    Anyway, is not bulletproof, but like I said previously, it cut my spam intake
    from a lot to zero, with zero lost email.

    > These systems are rude. They're also broken. They offload personal
    > effort from the user onto other members of the internet community. That
    > makes them antisocial too. And come to mention it, if someone invites

    I disagree. It asks for a little colaboration from someone that wants to contact
    you in order to defeat a bigger, common enemy. Being it a one timer, is not that
    different from a 3-way handshake.

    Guess we are really off-topic here.

    Regards.

    Fernando.
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