Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:12:47 -0300 From: Fernando Schapachnik <fernando@mecon.gov.ar> To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: Patrick Baker <PBaker@outpost.com> Subject: Re: How do fix a good solution against spam.. Message-ID: <20040514131247.GH306@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0405141344200.6861@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> References: <777BCABEE522D5119E3E00508B6CA0B802E9AA95@CYBHQMSX05> <20040514114059.GD306@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar> <20040514095116.GA977@straylight.m.ringlet.net> <20040514120531.GE306@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0405141344200.6861@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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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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