Re: SPAM

From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: 29 Oct 2003 15:33:22 GMT

In article <baf41196.0310290707.2d4c9488@posting.google.com>,
Steve <srwpchelp@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
:I created a new email address on 28/10/03.
:I posted a message on Google at the same time using the new address.
:Surprise, surprise, I've since been inundated with these so-called
:"Microsoft" Spam Emails (Swen virus).

So, in your definition, every unsolicited message is 'Spam'?

:The fact that you display people's email addresses on your site means
:that your site is a breeding ground for Spam.

Who is that 'you' addressed to?

:What are you doing to solve the problem ?

Who is that 'you' addressed to?

:What can I do to stop it happening ?

- Write tools to make it easier to track down and report virus-
sending computers.

- Negotiate with major ISPs on a common reporting
format and reporting mechanism that they agree to respect, agree is
relatively protected against forgeries, and agree does not require
the entire actual contents of every copy of each virus.

- Or if that's too hard, at least talk with the major email- virus-
checking- program manufacturers, and get them to add a feature that
can recognize fully-automated viruses (e.g., swen) as being
distinct from the viruses that get embedded in legitimate binary
attachments, and have the checking programs supress the
notification messages if the virus is fully automated. The systems
that are kindly notifying me that they have trashed a Swen virus
message sent to me by someone I've never heard of before, are
*contributing* to the problem. 

-- 
Warning: potentially contains traces of nuts.

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