>>>>> Matt Sergeant writes: > David Masterson said the following on 18/11/02 20:31: >>>>>>> Matt Sergeant writes: >>> Matthew Cline said the following on 16/11/02 03:14:
>>>> Anyone know some forums or mailing lists where spammers discuss >>>> their trade? I'd like to take a look at some of them, just out >>>> of curiosity. >>> There's Clickz.com, but I think they're mostly legit (opt-in) >>> marketers there now talking about how to avoid being >>> filtered. Still some interesting stuff though. >> Hmmmm. If it was truly "opt-in", why would they need to avoid >> filters? They could simply have their customers white-list them. > Is this a troll? Getting all the customers to white list them > doesn't scale, isn't always practical, and is simply looking at the > problem from the wrong end of the stick. The question wasn't meant to be troll-worthy. At first glance, it seemed a little strange to me that opt-in (ie. customers had signed up for the service) would also be filtering it. > Geez, you should be *glad* these guys are looking at how to do it > white-hat, and avoid looking like spammers. Rethinking here... Couldn't they use an encryption scheme? That is, they sign their email with a string that has to (crypto-) match the IP of the system that the email originates from? SpamAssassin (and others) could check this as a means of allowing the SPAM through. The obvious advantage is that this SPAM can now be traced if it is sent to the wrong person. -- David Masterson David DOT Masterson AT synopsys DOT com Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc. Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
