I think you're missing the point of the concept. The user maintains a list of people he/she want's email from. If that person subscribes to a list, he puts that into the list and then can get email from that address. The reply feature is just a way for people that are not on the list can "request" to be on the accepted list. So it would be like an auto white list, but based on more of a challenge/response instead of trying to learn patterns.
I'd love to use a system like that, but I never know ahead of time what email address a confirmation from amazon.com or whatever is going to come from. I would assume that it would not be to hard to write up some code that would just check to see if the incoming email was white listed. If not, put the address into a temp file with a code and send a response to the user with a code as well. If a response comes back with matching codes, move that address into the white list. -Jason -----Original Message----- From: Tony Hoyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:46 AM To: 'Ronald Wiplinger'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SAtalk] Is to identify yourself by return email necessary in the future? > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronald Wiplinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 November 2002 13:50 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SAtalk] Is to identify yourself by return email necessary in > the future? > > I just come accross the article at > http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074042 which describes that each > new sender must first himself identify by answering a return message. > I love that idea! > > Is such a module available within SpamAssassin? > I would like the picture methode, rather, than the just reply methode. > Won't work... what about receipts from online transactions? Mailing lists? The last thing I would want as a mailing list admin is to be bombarded with these things - I'd probably just blacklist the senders permanently. This isn't really anything I'd expect SA to have anything to do with - SA just rates emails for 'spamminess' it doesn't do anything about them... that's for your MTA to sort out. Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
