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On Thursday 08 April 2004 11:55 pm, Paul M Foster wrote:
> I'm interested in coming up with a hello-okay method of fighting spam.
> (That's just my name for something else already in use, which may be
> patented. I just _can't_ recall what it's called at the moment, but I'm
> sure you can guess it. ;-). This idea would of course be roughly
> analogous to the way a TCP/IP connection is made between two computers,
> but done via email. And of course, the TCP/IP idea is the _sole_ source
> of my inspiration for this idea. Really.
>
> Anyone else interested in working on something like this? I'm thinking
> python, but possibly C, given how slow anti-spam software runs. I don't
> have the fetchmail-hacker level of email knowledge, so if someone knows
> that kind of stuff, I might be interested in some assistance in that
> area.
>
> Or is this just a bad idea altogether?
>
> Paul
I just read about someone who came up with a pretty good similar solution.
It did require very minor changes to mail servers but would have my
support. Does not affect client software which does not support it.
http://www.colinfahey.com/spam_topics/spam_the_phenomenon.htm
And I think he got slashdotted...
It was not a complete product but had a pretty good start. Maybe a search on
his name would reveal the data elsewhere. The nice thing is if you
implmented it on your mail server people could start adopting it as they
felt like. So if it was successful..
- --
Steve
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
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