On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Jim Ford wrote: > Now I've got SA working well (thanks NG!), I'd really like to do > something to hit or at least cause some inconvenience to spammers, > rather than just passively dump spam. Devin Carraway's Sugarplum spam > poisoner look an interesting option, does anyone use it or have opinions > on it, please?
I had a quick glance at the website, and wandered onto the page where he discusses why it's difficult for spammers to filter their lists for the addresses generated by sugarplum. That discussion suggests that some portion of the "random" domains in the addresses are deliberately designed to be real domains for which MX lookups will succeed. This is bad, if it's really how it works. Causing more spam to be sent to innocent third parties, even if to non-existent local-parts, isn't helping anyone. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
