Chuck Peters wrote: > Can someone explain why HABEAS_SWE -8.0 was allowed to happen?
Robin Lynn Frank wrote: > Shorter answer. Habeus rule is outahere. And many other people, not just these two, had the same sentiments. Which really saddens me. For years I have heard people say we need to do something about spam. That filtering is only treating the symptom and not the disease. That we need to fight the source of the spam problem, the spammers themselves. But now when someone makes an honest attempt to fight the spammers themselves, everyone thinks it is not fast enough. If they don't have satisfaction RIGHT NOW then it is not good enough either. This is an extremely short sighted stance. However you are in the good company of many CEOs today. Look at the stock price this week. Do whatever it takes to make my options make money next week. Don't think about next year or the long term health of the organization. This short sighted thinking is exactly what you are doing when you completely disregard the strategy of attacking the source of the problem. I don't know why I am still talking. You lost interest in the first paragraph when I did not agree with you. You want instant gratification NOW. Thinking about reducing spam six months from now is way past lunch and competely off the roadmap. You might disagree with the ability of a legal firm to remain viable only by money from lawsuits. Will they become a dot bomb? I have no idea. That is a different mailing list. Will they be effective in pursuing spammers in a timely manor? I don't know that either and only time will tell. I will give them the benefit of the doubt. Things have been good until just now. The Habeas mark gives an avenue for legitimate mailings to avoid being tagged as a false positive. Will the Habeas mark be my only guide to tagging spam? No. I use a combined arms tactic when dealing with spam. But I will be scanning my spam folders and reporting any Habeas violators. If Habeas can put spammers out of business and take them off the net then I intend to report violators to them. Removing spammers from the net strikes at the source of the spam problem. Actually this recent run of spam abusing the Habeas could be very satisfying. Hopefully Habeas will be able to take the violators out behind the legal woodshed and give them the justice they deserve. It will feel good to hear that they have done just that. Bob
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