Last year there was a thread about a similar technology, but was shot down by many on this list as contributing to the Spam problem and questionable legalities. If memory serves me, you installed an app from one of the large ISPs and your PC was part of a network sending e-mails to spam servers. A concern was innocent forged servers getting attacked.
IBM's approach seems different sending back what was sent to you. I am not absolutely sure because they reference use of a database? I wonder if IBM has already been using this technology in-house? The article references a reduction via a February report. Do others here think their approach has merit? -Don -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frederick Samarelli Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] bounce unwanted email - should be interesting.... Spamming spammers? Report: IBM to offer service to bounce unwanted e-mail back to the computers that sent them. March 22, 2005: 7:00 AM EST NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - IBM is set to unveil a service Tuesday that will send unwanted e-mail back to the spammers who send them, according to a published report Tuesday. http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/22/technology/ibm_spam/index.htm?cnn=yes --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
