Re: [HACKERS] OK to send e-mail?

Michael Meskes wrote:
>
> ocie(at)paracel(dot)com writes:
> > Why don't we make it known (In the periodic developers FAQ posting?)
> > that we do not accept unsolicited email and that we will charge a fee
> > ($50 per line per subscriber :). I for one would be more than happy
> > to do the detective work to track these down. As for what to do with
> > the money -- perhaps we should see how much we get first.
>
> This won't work. We have a similar policy with the Debian project. But we
> have yet to see money. No lawyer will help you there. And the spammers won't
> send money because they like the policy. :-(

No, but if we can figure out who did it and send them a bill for our
services rendered (reading their spam), which they solicited by
posting it (as per the conditions in our FAQ, then we can turn them
over to a collection agency if they don't come through.

Of course tracking down the poster is a trick in the first place.

>
> I think the best way is to install anti-spamming software.

I think any such method can be circumvented. The only long-term
solution is to make spamming unprofitable. One thing that would go a
long way is to reverse-verify the sender's address. If the sender has
forged this, the mail is dropped and we get the sound of one spam
clapping :) The problem is that most sites nowadays won't verify email
addresses. This sounds like a good project for a free relational
database. Anybody know of any good ones out there? :)

Ocie