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

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: ocie(at)paracel(dot)com
Cc: Michael Meskes <meskes(at)topsystem(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] OK to send e-mail?
Date: 1998-05-06 18:01:37
Message-ID: Pine.NEB.3.95.980506140051.6920M-100000@hub.org
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On Wed, 6 May 1998 ocie(at)paracel(dot)com wrote:

> 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? :)

Actually, I currently have two anti-spam filters in place...one of
which verifies the domain of the poster...its not 100% perfect, but it
does a pretty good job of it...

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